asthma

(as'mah) [G. 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, alve'olar a., dyspnea due to pulmonary emphysema, amyg'daline a., a. excited reflexly by enlargement of the f aucial tonsils or by adenoid vegetations, a. noctur'- num, incubus, nightmare, bron'chial, a., the common form of a. due to a narrowing of the lumen of the bronchial tubes from spasm of the muscles in their walls, or to a congestive swelling of the bronchial mucous membrane, bronchit'- ic a., catarrhal a. car'diac a., an attack of dyspnea, coming on usually in the night, a ociated with cardio sclerosis, catar'rhal a., bronchitic a., spasmodic dyspnea accompanying bronchitis. e en'tial a., nervous a., occurring without any perceptible changes in the bronchial mucous membrane, grind'ers' a., the dyspnea of siderosis or silicosis, hay a., the asthmatic stage of hayfever. Heb'erden's a., angina pectoris, horse a., a. caused by entering a stable or being near horses, miners' a., the dyspnea of anthracosis, na's al a., reflex from deflected septum or other intranasal trouble, pott'ers' a., the dyspnea of pneumonoconiosis. re'flex a., symptomatic a. re'nal a., the dyspnea accompanying disease of the kidneys, sex'ual a., reflex a. from venereal disease or exce ive sexual excitement, stone a., a feeling of pre ure and burning pain in the chest, caused by the presence of a bronchial calculus, relieved at once when the concretion is dislodged by a violent paroxysm of coughing, symptom at'- ic a., a. occurring as a reflex in disease of the viscera, the nose, or other parts, thy'mic a., spasmodic closure of the larynx in children, due to the irritation of an enlarged thymus gland; called also Kopp's, Millar's, and Wichmann's asthma.