wheezing
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wheeze
(wēz, hwēz)v. wheezed, wheez·ing, wheez·es
v.intr.
1. To breathe with difficulty, producing a hoarse whistling sound.
2. To make a sound resembling laborious breathing.
v.tr.
To produce or utter with a hoarse whistling sound: The old locomotive wheezed steam.
n.
1. A wheezing sound.
2. Informal An old joke.
3. Chiefly British A clever scheme.
wheez′er n.
wheez′ing·ly adv.
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Adj. | 1. | wheezing - relating to breathing with a whistling sound unhealthy - not in or exhibiting good health in body or mind; "unhealthy ulcers" |
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Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
wheezing
n. respiración sibilante.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
wheezing
n sibilancias (form), silbidos (en el pecho)English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.