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pasma

pasma noun: a "folk illness" in Filipino culture, believed to be brought on by exposure to cold or to water.

Noun

pasma (uncountable)

  1. A "folk illness" in Filipino culture, believed to be brought on by exposure to cold or to water.

Origin of pasma

Ultimately from Spanish pasmar.

Questions about pasma

What does pasma mean?
Pasma means a "folk illness" in Filipino culture, believed to be brought on by exposure to cold or to water.
What part of speech is pasma?
Pasma is a noun.

Words near pasma in the dictionary

  1. paskudnyak
  2. paskudnyaks
  3. Pasley
  4. Pasleys
  5. PASLI disease
  6. pasma
  7. Pasmore
  8. Pasngal
  9. Paso
  10. paso doble
  11. paso dobles

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