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1. (n.) asthma
a paroxysmal, often allergic disorder of respiration characterized by bronchospasm, wheezing, and difficulty in expiration.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME asma < ML < Gk ásthma panting, asthma)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) asthma, asthma attack, bronchial asthma
respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
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1. (noun) asthma
an illness that makes breathing difficult
an asthma attack
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) asthma
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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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. asthma
A form of bronchial disorder with three distinct components: airway hyper-responsiveness (RESPIRATORY HYPERSENSITIVITY), airway INFLAMMATION, and intermittent AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION. It is characterized by spasmodic contraction of airway smooth muscle, WHEEZING, and dyspnea (DYSPNEA, PAROXYSMAL).
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Sense: an illness which causes difficulty in breathing out, resulting from an allergy etc.
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Afrikaans: asma |
Arabic: رَبْـو ، أسَـمـه |
Bulgarian: астма |
Brazilian: asma |
Czech: astma |
German: das Asthma |
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Greek: άσθμα |
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Estonian: astma |
Farsi: آسم |
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French: asthme |
Hebrew: אַסטְמָה, קַצֶרֶת |
Hindi: श्वासरोग |
Croatian: astma |
Hungarian: asztma |
Indonesian: bengek, asma |
Icelandic: asma, andarteppa |
Italian: asma |
Japanese: ぜんそく |
Korean: 천식 |
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Malay: penyakit lelah |
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Persian: آسم |
Pashto: نفس تنګی |
Portuguese: asma |
Romanian: astm |
Russian: астма |
Slovak: záduch |
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Swedish: astma |
Thai: โรคหืด |
Turkish: astım |
Taiwanese: 哮喘 |
Ukrainian: астма |
Urdu: دمہ |
Vietnamese: bệnh hen |
Chinese: 哮喘 |
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