Asthma Synonyms

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Synonyms for Asthma

bronchial asthma
Asthma that is caused by spasmodic contraction of the muscular walls of the bronchial tubes.
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bronchopneumonia
(Medicine) A bacterial infection of the lungs, characteristically showing numerous small foci of infection.
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asbestosis
A form of pneumoconiosis caused by inhaling asbestos particles
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coniosis
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bronchiectasis
(Medicine) Abnormal permanent dilation of the bronchial tubes.
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anthracosilicosis
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asthma-attack
(Medicine) An incident wherein a person who suffers intermittent experiences of bronchioconstriction undergoes such an experience, usually with a sudden onset.
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empyema
(Medicine) A collection of pus within a naturally existing anatomical cavity (as opposed to an abscess, which occurs in a newly formed cavity).
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pleurisy
An inflammation of the pleura, usually occurring because of complications of a respiratory disease or condition such as pneumonia, tuberculosis, pleural injury, or asbestos exposure. Pleurisy is usually accompanied by the accumulation of fluid between the pleurae, chills, fever, and painful breathing and coughing.
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pleuritis
Pleurisy (inflammation of the pleura).
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bronchiolitis
An acute viral infection of the bronchioles seen mostly in infants and young children, caused most frequently by the respiratory syncytial virus.
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siderosis
(Medicine) The accumulation of hemosiderin in various organs of the body by people with a diet rich in iron
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silicosis
A chronic disease of the lungs, characterized by diffuse fibrosis and caused by the continued inhalation of silica dust
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Asthma Sentence Examples

  • He was afflicted with asthma, and his retirement was relieved only by the society of a few chosen friends.

  • He suffered much from asthma, a complaint which was aggravated by the London smoke.

  • In treating an actual and present attack of asthma, it is advisable to give the standardized tincture of belladonna - unless expense is no consideration, in which case atropine may itself be used - in doses of twenty minims every quarter of an hour as long as no evil effects appear.

  • The physiological action of stramonium resembles that of belladonna, except that stramonium relaxes to a greater extent the unstriped muscle of the bronchial tubes; for this reason it is used in asthma to relieve the bronchial spasm.

  • Amid many sufferings, however, and frequent attacks of sickness, he manfully pursued his course; nor was it till his frail body, torn by many and painful diseases - fever, asthma, stone, and gout, the fruits for the most part of his sedentary habits and unceasing activity - had, as it were, fallen to pieces around him, that his indomitable spirit relinquished the conflict.

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