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dyspneic

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dys-p-ne-ic
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
4
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Afflicted with dyspnea; possessing unhealthy breathing.

Etymology

From dyspnea + -ic.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more dyspneic (comparative) most dyspneic (superlative) dyspnoeic (alternative) dyspnœic (alternative) dyspnoic (alternative)

Synonyms

breathless dyspnoeic dyspneal dyspnoeal

Antonyms

eupneic

Questions

What does dyspneic mean?
Afflicted with dyspnea; possessing unhealthy breathing.
Where does dyspneic come from?
From dyspnea + -ic.

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