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LABORED RESPIRATION

\lˈe͡ɪbəd ɹˌɛspɪɹˈe͡ɪʃən], \lˈe‍ɪbəd ɹˌɛspɪɹˈe‍ɪʃən], \l_ˈeɪ_b_ə_d ɹ_ˌɛ_s_p_ɪ_ɹ_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\

Definitions of LABORED RESPIRATION

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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that which is performed with difficulty.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Respiratory movements in which the ordinary muscles of r. are unable to ventilate the lungs sufficiently for the aeration of the blood and are assisted by the so-called auxiliary respiratory muscles.
Dyspnea.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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