What is another word for asthma?

Pronunciation: [ˈasmə] (IPA)

Asthma is a common respiratory condition that affects millions of people globally. There are several synonyms for the word asthma, including bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, airway disease, allergic bronchitis, respiratory distress, and wheezing. These synonyms refer to a variety of conditions, but they all describe the same underlying problem of narrowed airways that make it hard to breathe. Asthma is caused by inflammation of the airways and can be triggered by a variety of factors, including allergens, exercise, and stress. Regardless of the name used to describe it, asthma is a serious condition that requires proper treatment and management to ensure that people with the condition can lead healthy, productive lives.

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    • Proper noun, singular
      Asma.

What are the hypernyms for Asthma?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

What are the hyponyms for Asthma?

Hyponyms are more specific words categorized under a broader term, known as a hypernym.

What are the meronyms for Asthma?

Meronyms are words that refer to a part of something, where the whole is denoted by another word.

Usage examples for Asthma

With complete rest at Torquay and Penzance during the winter, he recovered to a considerable degree, and came home to resume many of his usual habits, but Mrs. Keble's suffering from spasmodic asthma had become very frequent, and it became necessary, early in the autumn, to remove to Bournemouth.
"John Keble's Parishes"
Charlotte M Yonge
My husband has suffered a great deal from asthma lately.
"Three Comedies"
Björnstjerne M. Björnson Commentator: R. Farquharson Sharp
I have suffered a great deal from asthma lately.
"Three Comedies"
Björnstjerne M. Björnson Commentator: R. Farquharson Sharp

Famous quotes with Asthma

  • I know from my constituency what is going on. Doctors that are told, begged, by mothers, 'Please don't write down that my child as asthma. Please lie and say it's bronchitis, because if you write down asthma, when my child turns 18 or 20 and has to get his or her own insurance, it will be a pre-existing condition.'
    Barbara Boxer
  • Between 1991 and 1997 I had really serious asthma.
    Cathy Freeman
  • Mr. Vice President, the most fiscally conservative thing this government has ever done, is to invest massively in the green part of the recovery. Because those green dollars are the hardest working dollars in the history of American politics. That same dollar that is being used to cut energy bills, is also cutting global warming gas emissions, is also cutting unemployment, is also cutting poverty, through retrofits it's also raising the value of homes, is also by cleaning the air, cutting asthma rates.
    Van Jones
  • So I remember both medicine, because I frequently sick, particularly with asthma for which there was no proper treatment then, and in religion I had a strong sense of there being a patriarchy.
    Thomas Keneally
  • When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack.
    Gwen Moore

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