Asthma Synonyms

ăzmə, ăs-
Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. asthma-attack
  2. anthracosilicosis
  3. asbestosis
  4. bronchiectasis
  5. bronchiolitis
  6. bronchopneumonia
  7. coniosis
  8. bronchial asthma
  9. emphysema
  10. empyema
  11. pleurisy
  12. pleuritis
  13. siderosis
  14. silicosis

Words Related to Asthma

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

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.

  • His asthma tormented him day and night, and dropsical symptoms made their appearance.

  • 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 conditions in which bromides are most frequently used are insomnia, epilepsy, whooping-cough, delirium tremens, asthma, migraine, laryngismus stridulus, the symptoms often attendant upon the climacteric in women, hysteria, neuralgia, certain nervous disorders of the heart, strychnine poisoning, nymphomania and spermatorrhoea.

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