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WHEEZING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Relating to breathing with a whistling sound
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
unhealthy (not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb wheeze
Context examples:
Symptoms include noisy breathing and wheezing.
(Bronchomalacia, NCI Thesaurus)
They include skin flushing, diarrhea, wheezing, and tachycardia.
(Carcinoid syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
A drug used to treat symptoms of asthma, such as trouble breathing, tight chest, wheezing, coughing, and runny nose.
(Montelukast sodium, NCI Dictionary)
The active ingredient in a drug used to treat symptoms of asthma, such as trouble breathing, tight chest, wheezing, coughing, and runny nose.
(Montelukast, NCI Dictionary)
It blocks a chemical released during an allergic response that causes itching, sneezing, runny nose, wheezing, and watery eyes.
(Allegra, NCI Dictionary)
A questionnaire designed by the American Thoracic Society that assesses cough, phlegm, wheezing, breathlessness, illness and risk factors.
(ATS-DLD-78 Adult Questionnaire, NCI Thesaurus)
He sprang to his feet, waving his fists and wheezing like an asthmatic.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Children with asthma may experience wheezing, coughing, chest tightness, and trouble breathing, especially early in the morning or at night.
(Asthma in Children, NIH)
Symptoms include wheezing, coughing, tightness in the chest, shortness of breath, and rapid breathing.
(Asthma, NCI Dictionary)
It may occur with other symptoms, including a runny or stuffy nose, extra mucus in the back of the throat, wheezing, shortness of breath, or heartburn.
(Chronic cough, NCI Dictionary)
