A feeling that lasts for a short while, with difficult breathing and heart beating fast:
| PALPITATION | 267 |
| SHORTNESS OF BREATH | 181 |
| NR | 108 |
| WEAK SPELL | 81 |
| HEART ATTACK | 38 |
| SINKING SPELL | 37 |
| SMOTHERING SPELL | 32 |
| SHORT OF BREATH | 27 |
| SPASM | 24 |
| PANTING | 23 |
| SPELL | 19 |
| PALPITATION OF THE HEART | 16 |
| HEART TROUBLE | 14 |
| WEAK HEART | 12 |
| GASPING | 10 |
| ASTHMA | 9 |
| OUT OF BREATH | 9 |
| SHORT-WINDED | 9 |
| DIZZY SPELL | 8 |
| PALPITATIONS | 8 |
| ATTACK | 7 |
| FAINTING SPELL | 7 |
| HEARTBURN | 7 |
| SMOTHERING | 6 |
| FLUTTERING | 5 |
| HEART SPELL | 5 |
| INDIGESTION | 5 |
| SEIZURE | 5 |
| SHORT BREATH | 5 |
| FLUTTER | 4 |
| HEART FLUTTERS | 4 |
| HEART SPASM | 4 |
| HIGH BLOOD-PRESSURE | 4 |
| BAD SPELL | 3 |
| DIZZINESS | 3 |
| FAINT | 3 |
| FEAR | 3 |
| GASPING FOR BREATH | 3 |
| HEART FLUTTER | 3 |
| WEAKNESS | 3 |
| ARTHRITIS | 2 |
| BREATHLESSNESS | 2 |
| CAN’T GET MY BREATH | 2 |
| CHEST PAIN | 2 |
| EXHAUSTED | 2 |
| FAINTING | 2 |
| FEEL FAINT | 2 |
| FRIGHT | 2 |
| HARD TO BREATHE | 2 |
| HEART AILMENT | 2 |
| HEART CONDITION | 2 |
| HEART FAILURE | 2 |
| HEART MURMUR | 2 |
| HEART PALPITATION | 2 |
| LABORED BREATHING | 2 |
| MURMUR | 2 |
| PAIN IN MY CHEST | 2 |
| PALPITATING OF THE HEART | 2 |
| PANICKY | 2 |
| SHOCK | 2 |
| SHORTENING OF BREATH | 2 |
| SINKING FEELING | 2 |
| SLIGHT HEART-ATTACK | 2 |
| AGITATION | 1 |
| ANGINA | 1 |
| ANGINA ATTACK | 1 |
| BAD HEART | 1 |
| BECOME LIGHT-HEADED | 1 |
| BENAUT | 1 |
| BLACKOUT | 1 |
| BREATHING SHORT | 1 |
| BREATHLESS | 1 |
| CASE OF NERVES | 1 |
| CATCH IN MY BREATH | 1 |
| CHEST PAINS | 1 |
| CHOKING SPELL | 1 |
| COULDN’T CATCH HIS BREATH | 1 |
| DISPEPSY | 1 |
| DON’T BE A-HITTING RIGHT | 1 |
| EMOTIONAL UPSET | 1 |
| EMPHYSEMA | 1 |
| EXERTION | 1 |
| EXHAUSTION | 1 |
| EXTRA HEARTBEATS | 1 |
| EXTRA SYSTOLES | 1 |
| FAINT-LIKE | 1 |
| FAINTNESS | 1 |
| FAST HEART | 1 |
| FEEL WOOZY | 1 |
| FEELING ALL UNSTRUNG | 1 |
| FELL FAINT | 1 |
| FELT FAINT | 1 |
| FIBULATION | 1 |
| FLARE-UP | 1 |
| FLIP-FLOPS | 1 |
| FLURRY | 1 |
| FLUSTERATED | 1 |
| FLUTTER OF THE HEART | 1 |
| FLUTTERING AROUND MY HEART | 1 |
| FLUTTERS | 1 |
| FLUTTERY HEART | 1 |
| FRIGHT SPELL | 1 |
| FULLNESS | 1 |
| FUNNY FEELING | 1 |
| FUNNY SPELL | 1 |
| GAS PAINS | 1 |
| GASP | 1 |
| HAVE AN ATTACK | 1 |
| HEART | 1 |
| HEART JUST RUNNING AWAY | 1 |
| HEART MURMURS | 1 |
| HEART PAIN | 1 |
| HEART PAINS | 1 |
| HEART PALPITATING | 1 |
| HEART PALPITATIONS | 1 |
| HEART SKIPPING | 1 |
| HEART SKIPS A BEAT | 1 |
| HEART’S A-BEATING FAST | 1 |
| HEART’S FLUTTERING | 1 |
| HEART’S RACING | 1 |
| HEAT ATTACK | 1 |
| HEAT WAVE | 1 |
| HEEBIE-JEEBIES | 1 |
| HERZWEH | 1 |
| HIGH ALTITUDE | 1 |
| HIPPO | 1 |
| HOT FLASH | 1 |
| HYSTERICS | 1 |
| I CAN’T GET MY BREATH | 1 |
| IN SHOCK | 1 |
| KETCH MY BREATH | 1 |
| LIGHT HEART-ATTACK | 1 |
| LIMP LIKE A DISHRAG | 1 |
| LITTLE HEART DIFFICULTY | 1 |
| LOSES HIMSELF | 1 |
| LOSS OF BREATH | 1 |
| LOSS OF WIND | 1 |
| LOST THEIR BREATH | 1 |
| LUNG TROUBLE | 1 |
| MILD HEART-ATTACK | 1 |
| NERVES | 1 |
| NERVOUS | 1 |
| NERVOUS ATTACK | 1 |
| NERVOUS CONDITION | 1 |
| NERVOUS PALPITATION | 1 |
| NERVOUS SPELLS | 1 |
| NERVOUS UPSET | 1 |
| NERVOUSNESS | 1 |
| OLD PUMP HAS HAD A SPELL | 1 |
| OUT OF SHAPE | 1 |
| PALPITATING | 1 |
| PALPITATIONS OF THE HEART | 1 |
| PANICKY FEELING | 1 |
| PANTING FOR BREATH | 1 |
| PANTING SPELL | 1 |
| PASSING-OUT SPELLS | 1 |
| POOR SPELL | 1 |
| POUNDING HEART | 1 |
| PULSATION | 1 |
| QUEER SPELL | 1 |
| QUICKNESS OF BREATH | 1 |
| RABBIT HEART | 1 |
| RILED UP | 1 |
| SCARE | 1 |
| SHAKES | 1 |
| SHARPNESS | 1 |
| SHOCK UP | 1 |
| SHOCKED | 1 |
| SHORT BREATHING | 1 |
| SHORT OF WIND | 1 |
| SHORT ON BREATH | 1 |
| SHORT WIND | 1 |
| SHORTNESS | 1 |
| SHORTNESS OF THE BREATH | 1 |
| SIGHING | 1 |
| SINKY FEELING | 1 |
| SKIPPING | 1 |
| SKIPPING BEATS OF THE HEART | 1 |
| SMOTHER | 1 |
| SMOTHERED | 1 |
| SMOTHERING SPELLS | 1 |
| SMOTHERY | 1 |
| SOME FORM OF HEART DISEASE | 1 |
| SPASMS | 1 |
| SPELLS | 1 |
| STITCH | 1 |
| STOMACH’S IN YOUR THROAT | 1 |
| STRESS | 1 |
| STROKE | 1 |
| STRUGGLING | 1 |
| STUFFY FEELING | 1 |
| SWOON | 1 |
| THROBS | 1 |
| TREMOR | 1 |
| VAPORS | 1 |
| WEAK | 1 |
| WEAK FEELING | 1 |
| WHEEZING | 1 |
| WINDED | 1 |
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