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asthma

/az-muh, as-/US // ˈæz mə, ˈæs- //UK // (ˈæsmə) //

气喘病,哮喘病,哮喘,哮喘病人

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Pathology. a paroxysmal, often allergic disorder of respiration, characterized by bronchospasm, wheezing, and difficulty in expiration, often accompanied by coughing and a feeling of constriction in the chest.

Examples

  • She hasn’t been able to get her asthma medication or her antidepressant.

  • Celery seeds have even been used in the treatment of skin conditions including psoriasis, and respiratory diseases including asthma and bronchitis.

  • By some estimates, depression costs the economy more than $210 billion a year and more lost workdays and impairment than arthritis, asthma, back pain or diabetes.

  • Cotton has a newborn baby and two older children at home, both of whom have asthma.

  • If allergies, asthma, and other sensitivities are your main consideration, look to an evaporator for your humidity needs.

  • The provocation of a severe asthma attack after a cold is a well-known and well-traveled path to serious illness.

  • Asthma is one of the most common diseases among children, affecting roughly one in every eleven kids.

  • (Though in keeping with the American obsession for these things May is designated as Allergy & Asthma Awareness Month).

  • It can also lead to a number of other ailments, including diabetes, asthma, and even heart failure.

  • But new research shows it is indeed real, and may be the cause of asthma, irritable bowel syndrome, arthritis, and more.

  • True bronchial asthma commonly gives a marked eosinophilia during and following the paroxysms.

  • About this time a patient applied for relief of attacks of asthma that were brought on by inhaling dust.

  • In 1871, Neftel relieved a case of hay asthma by galvanizing the vagus; but recent books know nothing of it.

  • Dr. Garrison noted also the popular belief that heaves or asthma did not exist in horses on the prairies where this plant grew.

  • Caroline was in bed with a bad go of asthma, and would Violet come to see her?