dyspneal

Questions about dyspneal

What does dyspneal mean?

dyspneal means "not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty".

How many syllables are in dyspneal?

dyspneal has 3 syllables and divides as dysp-ne-al under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for dyspneal?

Close synonyms include breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspnoeal. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dyspneal a common word?

dyspneal is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.