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• n  the property of being of short spatial extent
  the shortness of the Channel crossing
• n  the condition of being short of something
  there was no shortness of money
  can cause shortness of breath
• n  the property of being truncated or short
• n  the property of being of short temporal extent
  the shortness of air travel time
• n  the property of being shorter than average stature
• n  an abrupt discourteous manner

• It's the kind of news that's been known to cause shortness of breath, sudden cardiac arrest, revolvers pulled from bedside drawers.
• Because of the shortness of today's session, Baucus decided to put off the debate until next week.
• Doctors at the Mayo Clinic first became suspicious last year, when a 41-year-old woman complaining of shortness of breath came to the Minnesota facility for repair work on a leaky .

• truncation
• abruptness
• brusqueness
• curtness
• gruffness

• longness
• tallness

News & Articles

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• Why Asthma Can Be Difficult In Summer
  More than 25 million people – nearly a third of them children -  are known to have asthma. The lung disease causes recurring periods of wheezing, chest tightness, shortness of breath, and coughing – all of which can be more troublesome on ozone alert days in summer. Dr. Stephen Mueller with Methodist Charlton Medical Center explains why in this week’s edition of Vital Signs.
  June 17, 2013 - KERA North Texas
• Vitamin C may be beneficial against exercise-induced bronchoconstriction
  Vitamin C may substantially reduce bronchoconstriction caused by exercise according to a meta-analysis. Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction -- formerly called exercise-induced asthma -- means the transient narrowing of the airways that occurs during or after exercise, which can cause symptoms such as cough, wheezing and the shortness of breath.
  June 13, 2013 - Science Daily

Quotes

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• Regis Philbin in Washington Post
  Well, listen, I gotta tell you something. ...... I had been feeling chest pains, you know, and, uh, shortness of breath and all those little symptoms that you hear about,Philbin, 75, told his TV audience.
• Yoko Ono in Washington Post
  The tower will be lit each year from Oct. 9 to Dec. 8, "so it has the feeling of the shortness of life, but the light is eternal," Ono said.
• Billy Gillispie in Sports Network
  It's a serious deal when a guy faints,said Gillispie. "He threw up and they said after that they started thinking he was feeling a little bit better. They had a little shortness of breath to start, and that's what concerned them the most."