short-winded

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

short-winded
    adj 1: breathing laboriously or convulsively [syn: {blown},
           {pursy}, {short-winded}, {winded}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Short-winded \Short"-wind`ed\, a.
   Affected with shortness of breath; having a quick, difficult
   respiration, as dyspnoic and asthmatic persons. --May.
   [1913 Webster]