asthmanoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæs.mə/us/ˈæz.mə/a medical condition that makes breathing difficult by causing the air passages to become narrow or blocked:
an asthma sufferer
an asthma attack
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Respiratory disorders
- altitude sickness
- apnoea
- asbestosis
- black lung disease
- bronchitis
- bunged up
- central sleep apnoea
- cystic fibrosis
- hay fever
- hyperventilation
- pharyngitis
- pleurisy
- pneumothorax
- pulmonary fibrosis
- pulmonary hypertension
- rhinitis
- SARS
- shortness of breath
- wheeze
- whooping cough
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