Originally, a term used to mean difficult breathing; now used to denote bronchial asthma.
Origin
[G.]
atopic asthma
bronchial asthma
bronchitic asthma
cardiac asthma
catarrhal asthma
cotton-dust asthma
dust asthma
extrinsic asthma
food asthma
hay asthma
intrinsic asthma
miller’s asthma
miner’s asthma
nervous asthma
reflex asthma
spasmodic asthma
steam-fitter’s asthma
stripper’s asthma
summer asthma