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Asthma
| Asthma Definition And Meaning |
What's The Definition Of Asthma?
[n] respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
Synonyms | Synonyms for Asthma: asthma attack |
bronchial asthma
Related Terms | Find terms related to Asthma: abscess |
acute bronchitis |
adenoiditis |
ague |
allergen |
allergic disorder |
allergy |
aluminosis |
amygdalitis |
anemia |
ankylosis |
anoxia |
anthracosilicosis |
anthracosis |
apnea |
asbestosis |
Asiatic flu |
asphyxiation |
ataxia |
atrophy |
atypical pneumonia |
backache |
bituminosis |
black lung |
bleeding |
blennorhea |
bronchial pneumonia |
bronchiectasis |
bronchiolitis |
bronchitis |
bronchopneumonia |
cachexia |
cachexy |
catarrh |
chalicosis |
chill |
chills |
chronic bronchitis |
cold |
colic |
collapsed lung |
common cold |
coniosis |
conjunctivitis |
constipation |
convulsion |
coryza |
cosmetic dermatitis |
coughing |
croup |
croupous pneumonia |
cyanosis |
diarrhea |
dizziness |
double pneumonia |
dropsy |
dry pleurisy |
dysentery |
dyspepsia |
dyspnea |
eczema |
edema |
emaciation |
emphysema |
empyema |
epidemic pleurodynia |
fainting |
fatigue |
fever |
fibrillation |
fibrinous pneumonia |
flu |
flux |
grippe |
growth |
hay fever |
hemorrhage |
high blood pressure |
hives |
Hong Kong flu |
hydrops |
hypertension |
hypotension |
icterus |
indigestion |
inflammation |
influenza |
insomnia |
itching |
jaundice |
la grippe |
labored breathing |
laryngitis |
lipoid pneumonia |
lobar pneumonia |
low blood pressure |
lumbago |
lung cancer |
lung fever |
marasmus |
nasal discharge |
nausea |
necrosis |
pain |
paralysis |
pharyngitis |
pleurisy |
pleuritis |
pneumococcal pneumonia |
pneumoconiosis |
pneumonia |
pneumonic fever |
pneumothorax |
pollinosis |
pruritus |
quinsy |
rash |
rheum |
rose cold |
sclerosis |
seizure |
shock |
siderosis |
silicosis |
skin eruption |
sneezing |
sore |
sore throat |
spasm |
swine flu |
tabes |
tachycardia |
the sniffles |
the snuffles |
tonsilitis |
tumor |
upset stomach |
urticaria |
vertigo |
virus pneumonia |
vomiting |
wasting |
wet pleurisy |
whooping cough
See Also | bronchospasm |
respiratory disease |
respiratory disorder |
status asthmaticus
Asthma In Webster's Dictionary
\Asth"ma\ (?; 277), n. [Gr. ? short-drawn breath, fr. ?
to blow, for ?: cf. Skr. v[=a], Goth. waian, to blow, E.
wind.] (Med.)
A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a
spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at
intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of
constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.
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