Asthma

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.

Compare asthma with other words:

asthma vs. emphysema

anaemia vs. asthma

antiasthma vs. asthma

albuterol vs. asthma

antasthmatic vs. asthma

asthma vs. phthisic

asthma vs. inhaler

asthma vs. asthmatic

asthma vs. chitin

asthma vs. chronic

asthma vs. pneumonia

asthma vs. bronchitis