wheezing
adjective
[ ˈwiːzɪŋ ]
• breathing with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest.
• "his wheezing old father"
wheeze
verb
• breathe with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest, as a result of obstruction in the air passages.
• "the illness often leaves her wheezing"
Origin:
late Middle English: probably from Old Norse hvæsa ‘to hiss’.
