Asthma



GRE

解释

GRE 红宝书

• n. 哮喘症
• ［记］ 按发音分割记忆:as-th-ma, 中间的th不发音

Webster Collegiate

noun

• Etymology: Middle English asma, from Medieval Latin, modification of Greek asthma
• Date: 14th century
• a chronic lung disorder that is marked by recurring episodes of airway obstruction (as from bronchospasm) manifested by labored breathing accompanied especially by wheezing and coughing and by a sense of constriction in the chest, and that is triggered by hyperreactivity to various stimuli (as allergens or rapid change in air temperature)
• • asthmatic adjective or noun
• • asthmatically adverb

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