What is another word for wheezes?

Pronunciation: [wˈiːzɪz] (IPA)

Wheezes are high-pitched whistling sounds that are usually produced during breathing due to narrow airways or obstruction. Some synonyms for wheezes include whistles, squeaks, creaks, raspings, hisses, or sighs. Rales and crackles are also often used to describe similar respiratory sounds that might suggest underlying medical issues. These terms are commonly used in medical literature or during clinical assessments to describe the severity of respiratory illnesses, such as asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), or pneumonia. Being familiar with these terms can help patients communicate better with their healthcare providers or help caregivers better describe symptoms to doctors.

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Usage examples for Wheezes

"I want Major Roper"-and then, thinking more explanation asked for, adds-"who wheezes."
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
It was old Major Roper told mamma-with blue pockets under his eyes and red all over, creeks and wheezes when he speaks-do you know him?
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
We have on hand a column of favorite wheezes sent in response to our invitation, and the only reason we have not printed them is the preponderance of our own stuff.
"The So-called Human Race"
Bert Leston Taylor

Famous quotes with Wheezes

  • Americans don't like plain talk anymore. Nowadays they like fat talk. Show them a lean, plain word that cuts to the bone and watch them lard it with thick greasy syllables front and back until it wheezes and gasps for breath as it comes lumbering down upon some poor threadbare sentence like a sack of iron on a swayback horse. "Facilitate" is typical of the case. A generation ago only sissies and bureaucrats would have said "facilitate" in public. Nowadays we are a nation of "facilitate" utterers. "Facilitate" is nothing more than a gout-ridden, overstuffed "ease." Why has "ease" fallen into disuse among us? It is a lovely little bright snake of a word which comes hissing quietly off the tongue and carries us on, without fuss and French horns, to the object which is being eased. This is English at its very best. Easing is not one of the great events of life; it does not call for Beethoven; it is not an idea to get drunk on, to wallow in, to engage in multiple oleaginous syllabification until it becomes a pompous ass of a word like "facilitate."
    Russell Baker

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