asthma

Noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bronchial asthma asthma attack croup necrosis rheum cyanosis bleeding seizure oppression influenza abscess dysentery atrophy sclerosis coughing
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Antonyms

hand peace animation calm breath liveliness
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Hypernyms

disease respiratory disease respiratory disorder respiratory illness

Hyponyms

status asthmaticus

Phrases with the word

I have asthma grinder's asthma attack of asthma having an asthma attack cardiac asthma asthma inhaler

Anagrams

mastah matsah shmata

Examples

I was very, very sick when I was growing up in Russia. The ambulance constantly came to our house. I had horrible asthma that is easily treated in America, but they didn't even have inhalers back in Russia. Gary Shteyngart

Arthritis vanishes, myopia gets better, heart illness decreases, asthma disappears, stomachs function properly and the whole catalog of illnesses goes away and stays away. L. Ron Hubbard

Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar. Steve Allen

I would write your Excellency a more particular account of the battle and retreat, but I imagine General Sullivan and Colonel Laurens have done it already, and I am myself very much unwell. I have had no sleep for three nights and days, being severely afflicted with the asthma. Nathanael Greene

I have exercise-induced asthma. Chyler Leigh

Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma. Cathy Freeman

Close letter words and terms

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