Wheezing

  • 1Wheezing — Wheeze Wheeze, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Wheezed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Wheezing}.] [OE. whesen, AS. hw[=e]san (cf. Icel. hv[ae]sa to hiss, Sw. hv[ a]sa, Dan. hv[ae]se); akin to AS. hw[=o]sta a cough, D. hoest, G. husten, OHG. huosto, Icel. h[=o]sti, Lith …

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  • 2wheezing — n. whistling sound; act of breathing heavily with a whistling sound adj. breathing heavily and with difficulty; making a wheezy noise hwɪːz /w n. heavy breathing; trite saying; common theatrical gag v. breath heavily and with a whistling sound; …

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  • 3Wheezing — Bruit respiratoire audible sans stéthoscope. Il est semblable au sibilant, mais ce dernier est audible uniquement au stéthoscope. Il est audible aux deux temps respiratoires, et oriente vers une sténose bronchique. Il est de timbre variable  …

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  • 4wheezing — Synonyms and related words: asthmatic, breathing, breathless, effervescent, errhine, expiratory, fizzling, heaving, hissing, huffing, hushing, inspiratory, nasal, out of breath, panting, pneumonic, puffing, pulmonary, pulmonic, respiratory,… …

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  • 5wheezing — adjective relating to breathing with a whistling sound (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑asthmatic, ↑wheezy • Similar to: ↑unhealthy • Derivationally related forms: ↑wheeze ( …

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  • 6asthmoid respiration — wheezing respiration like that of bronchial asthma …

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  • 7Wheeze — SignSymptom infobox Name = Wheeze ICD10 = ICD10|R|06|2|r|00 ICD9 = ICD9|786.07 A wheeze is a continuous, coarse, whistling sound produced in the respiratory airways during breathing. For wheezes to occur, some part of the respiratory tree must be …

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  • 8Asthma — For other uses, see Asthma (disambiguation). Asthma Classification and external resources Peak flow meters are used to measure one s peak expiratory flow rate ICD 10 …

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  • 9asthma — An inflammatory disease of the lungs characterized by reversible (in most cases) airway obstruction. Originally, a term used to mean “difficult breathing”; now used to denote bronchial a.. SYN: reactive airway disease. [G.] atopic a. bronchial …

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  • 10wheeze — [c]/wiz / (say weez) verb (wheezed, wheezing) –verb (i) 1. to breathe with difficulty and with a whistling sound: wheezing with asthma. –verb (t) 2. to utter such a sound. –noun 3. a wheezing breath or sound. 4. a theatrical gag. 5. British… …