"asthma" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈasmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈasθmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈaθsmə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈæzmə/ [General-American], /ˈæzðmə/ [General-American], /ˈæðzmə/ [General-American], /ˈæst.mə/ [obsolete] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-asthma.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-asthma.wav Forms: asthmas [plural], asthmata [plural]
Rhymes: (General American) -æzmə Etymology: From Middle English asma, asme, from Medieval Latin asthma, asma, from Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma, “laborious breathing, asthma”). The spelling was changed to add -th- in the 16th century to match the Greek etymological roots. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|asma}} Middle English asma, {{der|en|la-med|asthma}} Medieval Latin asthma, {{der|en|grc|ἆσθμα||laborious breathing, asthma}} Ancient Greek ἆσθμα (âsthma, “laborious breathing, asthma”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s|asthmata}} asthma (usually uncountable, plural asthmas or asthmata)
  1. (pathology) 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Pathology Related terms: inhaler, phthisic Translations (chronic respiratory disease): astmë [feminine] (Albanian), shpirrë [feminine] (Albanian), frymëz [feminine] (Albanian), ἆσθμα (âsthma) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), رَبُو (rabū) [masculine] (Arabic), ربو (rabu) [Gulf-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), ضيقة (ḍīqa) [Moroccan-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), asma [masculine] (Aragonese), շնչարգելություն (šnčʻargelutʻyun) (Armenian), ասթմա (astʻma) (Armenian), а́стма (ástma) [feminine] (Belarusian), hapo (Bikol Central), а́стма (ástma) [feminine] (Bulgarian), задух (zaduh) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ပန်းနာ (pan:na) (Burmese), ပန်းနာရင်ကျပ် (pan:narangkyap) (Burmese), asma [feminine] (Catalan), hubak (Cebuano), 痚呴 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 哮喘 (haau¹ cyun²) (Chinese Cantonese), 哮喘 (xiàochuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 氣喘 (Chinese Mandarin), 气喘 (qìchuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), astma [neuter] (Czech), astma (Danish), astma (Dutch), astmo (Esperanto), asma (Estonian), asma (Farefare), astma [feminine] (Faroese), bróstmøði [feminine] (Faroese), astma (Finnish), asthme (French), ასთმა (astma) (Georgian), Asthma [neuter] (German), άσθμα (ásthma) [neuter] (Greek), દમ (dam) [masculine] (Gujarati), אַסְתְמָה (Hebrew), hikab (Hiligaynon), usang (Hiligaynon), दमा (damā) [masculine] (Hindi), asztma (Hungarian), astmo (Ido), angkit (Ilocano), asma (Indonesian), asma [masculine] (Irish), múchadh [masculine] (Irish), plúchadh [masculine] (Irish), asma [feminine] (Italian), 喘息 (zensoku) (alt: ぜんそく) (Japanese), демікпе (demıkpe) (Kazakh), 천식 (cheonsik) (Korean), ພະຍາດຫືດ (pha nyāt hư̄t) (Lao), asthma [neuter] (Latin), astma [feminine] (Latvian), astma [feminine] (Lithuanian), а́стма (ástma) [feminine] (Macedonian), за́дув (záduv) [masculine] (Macedonian), sefo (Malagasy), ażżma [feminine] (Maltese), huangō (Maori), ngoio (Maori), tīmohu (Maori), kume (Maori), астма (astma) (note: pronounced "astam") [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), багтраа (bagtraa) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), ᠪᠠᠭᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ (baɣtarag-a) [Mongolian] (Mongolian), courte-haleine [Jersey, feminine] (Norman), astma [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), astma [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), asma [masculine] (Occitan), angbrēost [neuter] (Old English), астмӕ (astmæ) (Ossetian), آسم (âsm) (Persian), Austma [neuter] (Plautdietsch), astma [feminine] (Polish), dychawica [feminine] (Polish), zadyszka [feminine] (Polish), asma [feminine] (Portuguese), astmă [feminine] (Romanian), а́стма (ástma) [feminine] (Russian), ඇදුම (æduma) (Sinhalese), asma [feminine] (Spanish), astma (Swedish), hika (Tagalog), sungut (Tausug), หืด (hʉ̀ʉt) (Thai), astım (Turkish), yelpik (Turkish), а́стма (ástma) [feminine] (Ukrainian), دَمَہ (dama) [masculine] (Urdu), suyễn (Vietnamese), hen (Vietnamese), hen suyễn (Vietnamese), sugiw (Waray-Waray), asthma [masculine] (Welsh), mygfa [feminine] (Welsh), astım (Zazaki), helpeze (Zazaki)
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          "ref": "2013 June 29, “A punch in the gut”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8842, pages 72–3:",
          "text": "Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.",
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        "(pathology) 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."
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        {
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          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "astmë"
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "lang": "Arabic",
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          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
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          "code": "an",
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          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "asma"
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          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "šnčʻargelutʻyun",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "շնչարգելություն"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "astʻma",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "ասթմա"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "ástma",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "а́стма"
        },
        {
          "code": "bcl",
          "lang": "Bikol Central",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "hapo"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
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          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "а́стма"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "zaduh",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "задух"
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        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pan:na",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "ပန်းနာ"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "pan:narangkyap",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "ပန်းနာရင်ကျပ်"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "asma"
        },
        {
          "code": "ceb",
          "lang": "Cebuano",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "hubak"
        },
        {
          "code": "yue",
          "lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
          "roman": "haau¹ cyun²",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "哮喘"
        },
        {
          "code": "nan-hbl",
          "lang": "Chinese",
          "roman": "zh-min-nan",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "Hokkien"
          ],
          "word": "痚呴"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "xiàochuǎn",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "哮喘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "氣喘"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "qìchuǎn",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "气喘"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "astma"
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        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "astma"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "astmo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "asma"
        },
        {
          "code": "gur",
          "lang": "Farefare",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "asma"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "astma"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "bróstmøði"
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        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "astma"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "asthme"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "astma",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "ასთმა"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Asthma"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "ásthma",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "άσθμα"
        },
        {
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "âsthma",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "ἆσθμα"
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        {
          "code": "gu",
          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "dam",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "દમ"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "אַסְתְמָה"
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          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "hikab"
        },
        {
          "code": "hil",
          "lang": "Hiligaynon",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "usang"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
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          "roman": "damā",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "दमा"
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          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "asztma"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "astmo"
        },
        {
          "code": "ilo",
          "lang": "Ilocano",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "angkit"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "asma"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asma"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "múchadh"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "plúchadh"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "asma"
        },
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          "alt": "ぜんそく",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "zensoku",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "喘息"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "demıkpe",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "демікпе"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "cheonsik",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "천식"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "pha nyāt hư̄t",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "ພະຍາດຫືດ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "asthma"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "astma"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "astma"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ástma",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "а́стма"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "záduv",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "за́дув"
        },
        {
          "code": "mg",
          "lang": "Malagasy",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "sefo"
        },
        {
          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ażżma"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "huangō"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "ngoio"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "tīmohu"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "kume"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "note": "pronounced \"astam\"",
          "roman": "astma",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "астма"
        },
        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "bagtraa",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic"
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          "word": "багтраа"
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        {
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "baɣtarag-a",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "Mongolian"
          ],
          "word": "ᠪᠠᠭᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ"
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          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey",
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "astma"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "astma"
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          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asma"
        },
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          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
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          "word": "angbrēost"
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          "code": "os",
          "lang": "Ossetian",
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          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "астмӕ"
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
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          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "آسم"
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        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Austma"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "astma"
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          "code": "pl",
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          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "dychawica"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zadyszka"
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "asma"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "astmă"
        },
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ástma",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "а́стма"
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        {
          "code": "si",
          "lang": "Sinhalese",
          "roman": "æduma",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "ඇදුම"
        },
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          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "asma"
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "astma"
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          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "hika"
        },
        {
          "code": "tsg",
          "lang": "Tausug",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "sungut"
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        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "hʉ̀ʉt",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "หืด"
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          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
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          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "yelpik"
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          "word": "а́стма"
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          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "dama",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "دَمَہ"
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "suyễn"
        },
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          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "hen"
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          "code": "vi",
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          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "hen suyễn"
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          "code": "war",
          "lang": "Waray-Waray",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "sugiw"
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          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "asthma"
        },
        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mygfa"
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        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "astım"
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        {
          "code": "zza",
          "lang": "Zazaki",
          "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
          "word": "helpeze"
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      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˈæðzmə/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
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      "word": "antasthmatic"
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    {
      "word": "antiasthma"
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    {
      "word": "antiasthmatic"
    },
    {
      "word": "asthma attack"
    },
    {
      "word": "asthmalike"
    },
    {
      "word": "asthma paper"
    },
    {
      "word": "asthma-plant"
    },
    {
      "word": "asthma thunderstorm"
    },
    {
      "word": "asthmatic"
    },
    {
      "word": "asthmatically"
    },
    {
      "word": "asthma weed"
    },
    {
      "word": "asthmogenesis"
    },
    {
      "word": "grinder's asthma"
    },
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      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
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      "code": "ang",
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      "code": "os",
      "lang": "Ossetian",
      "roman": "astmæ",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "астмӕ"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âsm",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "آسم"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Austma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "astma"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dychawica"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zadyszka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asma"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "astmă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "ástma",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́стма"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "æduma",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "ඇදුම"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asma"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "astma"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "hika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tsg",
      "lang": "Tausug",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "sungut"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "hʉ̀ʉt",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "หืด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "astım"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "yelpik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ástma",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́стма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "dama",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "دَمَہ"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "suyễn"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "hen"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "hen suyễn"
    },
    {
      "code": "war",
      "lang": "Waray-Waray",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "sugiw"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "asthma"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mygfa"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "astım"
    },
    {
      "code": "zza",
      "lang": "Zazaki",
      "sense": "chronic respiratory disease",
      "word": "helpeze"
    }
  ],
  "word": "asthma"
}

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