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The word dyspnea, which refers to a respiratory sensation, comes from the Greek dus which means abnormal or difficult, and from pnein which means breathing. Thus, dyspnea could correspond to a sensation of either abnormal breathing or difficult breathing, the two meanings not being equivalent. The medical approach tends to differentiate the abnormal from the normal.
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Fitting, J.W. (1991). Mechanisms of Dyspnea. In: Grassino, A., Rampulla, C., Ambrosino, N., Fracchia, C. (eds) Chronic Pulmonary Hyperinflation. Current Topics in Rehabilitation. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3782-5_15
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