Asthma

Noun

 * 1)  A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

Derived terms

 * asthma attack
 * asthmatic
 * asthmatically

Thesaurus
Asiatic flu; Hong Kong flu; abscess; acute bronchitis; adenoiditis; ague; allergen; allergic disorder; allergy; aluminosis; amygdalitis; anemia; ankylosis; anoxia; anthracosilicosis; anthracosis; apnea; asbestosis; asphyxiation; ataxia; atrophy; atypical pneumonia; backache; bituminosis; black lung; bleeding; blennorhea; bronchial pneumonia; bronchiectasis; bronchiolitis; bronchitis; bronchopneumonia; cachexia; cachexy; catarrh; chalicosis; chill; chills; chronic bronchitis; cold; colic; collapsed lung; common cold; coniosis; conjunctivitis; constipation; convulsion; coryza; cosmetic dermatitis; coughing; croup; croupous pneumonia; cyanosis; diarrhea; dizziness; double pneumonia; dropsy; dry pleurisy; dysentery; dyspepsia; dyspnea; eczema; edema; emaciation; emphysema; empyema; epidemic pleurodynia; fainting; fatigue; fever; fibrillation; fibrinous pneumonia; flu; flux; grippe; growth; hay fever; hemorrhage; high blood pressure; hives; hydrops; hypertension; hypotension; icterus; indigestion; inflammation; influenza; insomnia; itching; jaundice; la grippe; labored breathing; laryngitis; lipoid pneumonia; lobar pneumonia; low blood pressure; lumbago; lung cancer; lung fever; marasmus; nasal discharge; nausea; necrosis; pain; paralysis; pharyngitis; pleurisy; pleuritis; pneumococcal pneumonia; pneumoconiosis; pneumonia; pneumonic fever; pneumothorax; pollinosis; pruritus; quinsy; rash; rheum; rose cold; sclerosis; seizure; shock; siderosis; silicosis; skin eruption; sneezing; sore; sore throat; spasm; swine flu; tabes; tachycardia; the sniffles; the snuffles; tonsilitis; tumor; upset stomach; urticaria; vertigo; virus pneumonia; vomiting; wasting; wet pleurisy; whooping cough