difficult respiration

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• Wheeze — Wheeze, n. 1. A piping or whistling sound caused by difficult respiration. [1913 Webster] 2. (Phon.) An ordinary whisper exaggerated so as to produce the hoarse sound known as the stage whisper. It is a forcible whisper with some admixture of… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• pleurisy — noun Etymology: Middle English pleuresi, from Anglo French pleuresie, from Late Latin pleurisis, alteration of Latin pleuritis, from Greek, from pleura side Date: 14th century inflammation of the pleura that is typically characterized by sudden… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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