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asthma
: 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)
— asth·mat·ic
\az-ˈma-tik, British as-\
adjective or noun
— asth·mat·i·cal·ly
\-ti-k(ə-)lē\
adverb
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