anhelation

== English == === Etymology === From French anhélation, or directly from its etymon Latin anhēlātiō (“shortness of breath, gasping, panting, puffing”) (compare Late Latin anhēlātiō (“desire; eager pursuit”)), from anhēlātus (“exhaled”) + -iō (suffix forming abstract nouns from verbs). Anhēlātus is the perfect passive participle of anhēlō (“to breathe out, exhale; to draw breath with difficulty, gasp, pant, puff”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ænhɪˈleɪʃn̩/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌænhəˈleɪʃən/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: an‧hel‧at‧ion === Noun === anhelation (countable and uncountable, plural anhelations) (uncountable, pulmonology, archaic) Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath. Synonyms: breathlessness, (North American spelling) dyspnea, (British spelling) dyspnoea (figuratively, obsolete) (uncountable) Mental or spiritual agitation. (uncountable) Followed by after or for: eager desire; (countable) an instance of this. ==== Related terms ==== anhelant (obsolete) anhele (obsolete) anheled (adjective) (obsolete) anhelose (archaic) anhelous (archaic) ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === shortness of breath on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === ailanthone