asthma
noun/ˈæsmə/
/ˈæzmə/
[uncountable]- a medical condition of the chest that makes breathing difficult
- a severe asthma attack
- We have thousands of asthma cases a year.
- children who develop asthma
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- severe
- acute
- chronic
- …
- have
- suffer from
- develop
- …
- attack
- symptoms
- sufferer
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from medieval Latin asma, from Greek asthma, from azein ‘breathe hard’.Want to learn more?
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