dysp·ne·a 
(dĭsp-nēə)
(dĭsp-nēə)n.
Difficulty in breathing, often associated with lung or heart disease and resulting in shortness of breath. Also called air hunger.
[Latin dyspnoea, from Greek duspnoia : dus-, dys- + pnoiā, -pnoia, breathing; see pneu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
dysp·neic (-nēĭk) adj.