a. Obs. [f. L. anhēl-us panting, puffing + -OUS; cf. Fr. anhéleux.] Short of breath, short-winded, panting.
1661. S. Stone, Deceiv. Deceiv’d, 12. Rude anhelous pantings, and interrupt breathings at Devotion.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., VI. 182. Anhelous or Short-breathed Fevers have their name from difficult and anhelous respiration.
1880. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
