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Asthma

Asthma Meaning & Definition
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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