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Wheeziness

Definition: Wheeziness

Wheeziness

Noun

1. Presence of abnormal high-pitched sound heard with a stethoscope when an airway is blocked (as in asthma or chronic bronchitis).

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Usage Frequency: Wheeziness

"Wheeziness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Wheeziness" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%4175,879

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Wheeziness

Language Translations for "wheeziness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

asma (asthma, shortness, shortness of breath), aamborstigheid (asthma, dyspnea, dyspnoea, shortness, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Danish

  

astma (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

astma (asthma, shortness of breath), aamborstigheid (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

astmeco (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

bróstmøði (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

French

  

asthme. (various references)

   

German

  

Asthma (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

δύσπνοια (breathlessness, puffiness, pursiness, short-windedness). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

asztma (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Irish

  

plúchadh (asthma, shortness of breath), múchadh (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Italian

  

asma (asthma, asthmas, shortness, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Papiamen

  

asma (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eezinesswhay

   

Portuguese

  

asma (asthma). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

астма (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

asma (asthma, asthmas, shortness of breath). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

astim (asthma, shortness of breath). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Wheeziness

Derivations

Words beginning with "wheeziness": wheezinesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Wheeziness

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-h-i-n-s-s-w-z"

-2 letters: sheenies, sweenies.

-3 letters: newsies, sheenie, sneezes, weenies, wheezes.

-4 letters: heezes, newies, newish, newsie, seines, seizes, sheens, shines, sinews, sneesh, sneeze, weenie, wheens, wheeze, whines, winzes, wishes, wizens.

-5 letters: heeze, newie, seine, seise, seize, sense, sheen, shewn, shews, shies, shine, shins, sines, sinew, sinhs, sizes, swine, swish, weens, wheen, whens, whine, whins, wines, winze, wises.

 Words containing the letters "e-e-e-h-i-n-s-s-w-z"
 

+2 letters: wheezinesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Wheeziness


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

57 68 65 65 7A 69 6E 65 73 73

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

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