DYSPNOEA Meaning of DYSPNOEA in English [ dɪsp'ni:ə ]( US dyspnea ) ■ noun Medicine laboured breathing.Derivativesdyspnoeic adjective OriginC17: via L. from Gk duspnoia , from dus- 'difficult' + pnoē 'breathing'. Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004