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In a December judgment, the Constitutional Court of Colombia cited clinical records showing many Wayuu suffer from a host of illnesses, including bronchial asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), bacterial pneumonia, lower respiratory infections, and acute obstructive laryngitis.
—Popular Science, 3 Aug. 2020
Also during his childhood, DMX suffered physical abuse at the hands of his mother's partners, battled severe bronchial asthma which resulted in almost nightly emergency room visits and was reportedly hit by a drunk driver.
—Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 9 Apr. 2021
Part of the answer to that question was that Simmons had bronchial asthma.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2021
Asthma, also known as bronchial asthma, is a chronic disease of the airway characterized by intermittent inflammation of the airways, which over time leads to irreversible changes.
—Obasi Okorie, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2020
Obesity, which is now pandemic, is another risk factor for bronchial asthma.
—Obasi Okorie, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2020
Sampson's office said Garner's bronchial asthma, obesity and high blood pressure were contributing factors.
—Anchorage Daily News, 15 Aug. 2019
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Word History
First Known Use
1843, in the meaning defined above
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“Bronchial asthma.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bronchial%20asthma. Accessed 8 Nov. 2024.
Medical Definition
bronchial asthma
noun
: asthma resulting from spasmodic contraction of bronchial muscles
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