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on exertion

phrase

C1CEFR level
60/100Rarity: rare
TechnicalRegister

Occurring during or because of physical effort, a pattern typical of symptoms arising from the heart.

The breathlessness only comes on exertion and settles within a few minutes of resting.

Topic: Cardiology in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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