Results for asthma

Definitions of asthma:

Periodic dyspnea with oppression due to spasm of bronchioles.

A disease marked by recurrent attacks of dyspnea, due to some temporary change in the bronchial tubes or to a reflex spasm of the diaphragm.

Usage examples for asthma:

• Lord Beaconsfield's last years were tormented by a bronchial asthma of gouty origin, against which he fought with tenacious and uncomplaining courage. "Collections and Recollections", George William Erskine Russell

• I'm afraid of her asthma agin. "Short Cruises", W.W. Jacobs

• He had asthma horribly and ought really to have considered himself an invalid. "Memoirs of an American Prima Donna", Clara Louise Kellogg