Common Symptoms In Children

noun a whistling sound made while breathing, typically due to obstruction of the air passages

verb present participle of the verb 'wheeze', which means to breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages

• The patient was wheezing heavily due to an asthma attack.
• I could hear him wheezing from across the room.
• She was wheezing like a broken engine.
• The old car was wheezing its way up the steep hill.

noun a medical term referring to pain in the ear

• The patient presented with severe otalgia, indicating a possible ear infection.
• I couldn't sleep last night because of the otalgia in my left ear.
• I have this annoying otalgia that just won't go away.
• The constant criticism from her boss was like a sharp otalgia in her mind.