bronchial asthma
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bronchial asthma — n asthma resulting from spasmodic contraction of bronchial muscles * * * asthma … Medical dictionary
bronchial asthma — noun respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin • Syn: ↑asthma, ↑asthma attack • Derivationally related forms: ↑asthmatic (for: ↑asthma) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
bronchial asthma — noun Date: circa 1881 asthma resulting from spasmodic contraction of bronchial muscles … New Collegiate Dictionary
bronchial asthma — bron′chial asth′ma n. pat asthma • Etymology: 1880–85 … From formal English to slang
bronchial asthma — An example of an atopic allergy involving the lower respiratory tract … Dictionary of microbiology
Asthma — For other uses, see Asthma (disambiguation). Asthma Classification and external resources Peak flow meters are used to measure one s peak expiratory flow rate ICD 10 … Wikipedia
asthma — An inflammatory disease of the lungs characterized by reversible (in most cases) airway obstruction. Originally, a term used to mean “difficult breathing”; now used to denote bronchial a.. SYN: reactive airway disease. [G.] atopic a. bronchial … Medical dictionary
asthma — /az meuh, as /, n. Pathol. 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. Also called… … Universalium
asthma — n. the condition of subjects with widespread narrowing of the bronchial airways, which changes in severity over short periods of time (either spontaneously or under treatment) and leads to cough, wheezing, and difficulty in breathing. Bronchial… … The new mediacal dictionary
Asthma — Ạsth|ma 〈n. 15; unz.; Med.〉 anfallsweise auftretende Atemnot, Kurzatmigkeit infolge einer Erkrankung entweder der Bronchien od. des Herzens, die meist durch Überempfindlichkeit gegen bestimmte Stoffe ausgelöst wird (BronchialAsthma, HerzAsthma)… … Universal-Lexikon