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单词 asthma
释义

asthman.

Brit. /ˈasmə/, /ˈasθmə/, U.S. /ˈæzmə/
Forms: Middle English–1600s asma, (Middle English asmy), 1600s astma, 1500s– asthma.
Etymology: < Greek ἆσθμα, -ματ-, < ἄζειν to breathe hard, ἄειν to blow. Smart and Walker give the pronunciation /ˈæstmə/.
Difficulty of breathing; spec. a disease of respiration, characterized by intermittent paroxysms of difficult breathing, with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, cough, and expectoration.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > disordered breathing > [noun] > shortness of breath > asthma
asthmaa1398
pirrea1398
stifle1398
phthisicness1539
asthmasy1599
status asthmaticus1892
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) I. vii. xxix. 374 Difficulte and hardnesse of breþinge hat asma.
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) vii. xxix. 244 Thre manere of Asmyes.
1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball 776 The shortnesse of breath called asthma.
1634 R. H. tr. Regim. Salerni 205 The matter that causeth Asma.
1741–3 J. Wesley Extract of Jrnl. (1749) 20 He seemed to be dying of an asthma.
1861 E. Mayhew Dogs 101 Asthma is spasm of the bronchial tubes.

Compounds

asthma herb n. Australian (see quot. 1887).
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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > Euphorbiaceae (spurges and allies) > [noun]
catapucec1386
Euphorbiaa1398
spurgea1400
tithymala1400
faitour's grassc1440
cat's-grassc1450
nettlewort1523
essell1527
lint-spurge1548
sea wartwort1548
spurge thyme1548
line-spurge1562
myrtle spurge1562
sun spurge1562
wolf's-milk1575
cypress tithymal1578
devil's milk1578
mercury1578
sea-spurge1597
sun tithymal1597
welcome to our house1597
wood-spurge1597
Euphorbium1606
milk-reed1611
milkwort1640
sun-turning spurge1640
spurge-wort1647
caper-bush1673
Portland spurge1715
milkweed1736
Medusa's head1760
little-good1808
welcome-home-husband1828
three-seeded mercury1846
cat's-milk1861
turnsole1863–79
mole-tree1864
snow-on-the-mountain1873
seven sisters1879
caper-plant1882
asthma herb1887
mountain snow1889
crown of thorns1890
olifants melkbos1898
1887 C. A. Moloney Sketch Forestry W. Afr. 411 Australian Asthma-Herb (Euphorbia pilulifera, L.).
1889 J. H. Maiden Useful Native Plants Austral. 183 Queensland Asthma Herb.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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