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asthmas

asthmas is the plural of asthma.

Meaning of asthma

Noun

asthma (usually uncountable, plural asthmas or asthmata)

  1. (usually) 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.
    • ...but rheumatism is a vulgar complaint, and would sink even a ducal coronet—the very lowest people have it. I question if there is a workhouse in Great Britain exempt from it. Neither is there one free from asthma, and yet all the world knows a royal duke suffers from it as much as a coalheaver...1842, [anonymous collaborator of Letitia Elizabeth Landon], chapter LV, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume III, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 74

Questions about asthmas

What is asthmas the plural of?
Asthmas is the plural of asthma.

Words near asthmas in the dictionary

  1. asthma thunderstorm
  2. asthma thunderstorms
  3. asthma weed
  4. asthma-plant
  5. asthmalike
  6. asthmas
  7. asthmata
  8. asthmatic
  9. asthmatic attack
  10. asthmatic attacks
  11. asthmatical

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