Asthma
['æsmə] or ['æzmə]
Definition
(noun.) respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin.
Inputed by Hilary--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) 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.
Editor: Megan
Definition
n. a chronic disorder of the organs of respiration characterised by the occurrence of paroxysms in which the breathing becomes difficult and accompanied by wheezing and a distressing feeling of tightness in the chest.—adjs. Asthmat′ic -al pertaining to or affected by asthma.—adv. Asthmat′ically.
Typed by Benjamin
Examples
- I smoke, myself, for the asthma. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Arkwright was ill with asthma during many of the years when he was fighting for his fortune, and time and again it seemed as if his strength must fail before the task he had undertaken. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- In it was a good-natured-looking old woman with a dropsy, or an asthma, or perhaps both. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Typist: Robbie