Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Shortness of breath; a panting; difficult respiration; asthma.
- noun Eager desire or aspiration.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Short and rapid breathing; a panting; asthma.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun shortness of
breath , breathing difficulty
Etymologies
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Examples
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They settle upon them a suffocative anhelation, which is truly the most oppressive form of slavery.
Lectures on the Philosophy and Practice of Slavery, as Exhibited in the Institution of Domestic Slavery in the United States: with the Duties of Masters to Slaves. William Andrew 1856
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The quick anhelation, and palpitation of the heart, of those, who are immersed in cold water, depends on the quiescence of the external absorbent vessels and capillaries.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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At first they have great anhelation and palpitation of heart at their ingress into cold water; but by the habit of a few weeks they are able to bear this diminution of heat with little or no inconvenience; for the power of volition has some influence over the muscles subservient to respiration, and by its counter efforts gradually prevents the quick breathing, and diminishes the associations of the pulmonary vessels with the cutaneous ones.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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All the same symptoms occur in the cold fits of intermittents; in these the coldness and paleness of the skin with thirst evince the diminution of cutaneous absorption; and the dryness of ulcers, and small secretion of urine, evince the torpor of the secerning system; and the anhelation, and coldness of the breath, shew the terminations of the pulmonary artery to be likewise affected with torpor.
Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life Erasmus Darwin 1766
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