anhelation

1. (uncountable, pulmonology, archaic) Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath.Examples: "In a Diſpnœa, the breath is thick, vvithout noiſe or anhelation, and vvith leſs trouble."Synonyms: breathlessness, dyspnea, dyspnoeaarchaicuncountable

2. (figuratively, obsolete)figurativelyobsoleteuncountable

3. (figuratively, obsolete)Examples: "[T]ruſt not upon that rule, that men buy cheapeſt at the end of the market, that heaven may be had for a breath at laſt, vvhen they that hear it cannot tel vvhether it be a ſigh or a gaſp, a religious breathing and anhelation after the next life, or natural breathing out, and exhalation of this; but find a ſpiritual good husbandry in that other rule, that the prime of the market is to be had at firſt: […]"figurativelyobsoleteuncountable