Asthma Attack

  

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Asthma Attack

Definition: Asthma Attack

Asthma Attack

Noun

1. Respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Asthma Attack

Synonyms: asthma (n), bronchial asthma (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Asthma Attack

English words defined with "asthma attack": status asthmaticus. (references)

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Non-Fiction Usage: Asthma Attack

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

This can keep you from having a really bad asthma attack. (references)

This can tell you how bad your asthma attack is and whether your medicine is working. (references)

Human Rights

Yugoslavia

Filipovic, an asthmatic, was detained for 5 hours and suffered an intense asthma attack but was forbidden to use his inhaler. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Spoken Usage: Asthma Attack

SpeakerPhrase(s)

Samantha Geimer

So I'm feigning my asthma attack, you know, I got out, put a towel on and everything. We walked in the house. And I was going, you know, I really don't feel good, I'm having trouble breathing. I don't remember exactly what I said.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Asthma Attack

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

asthma attack

64
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Asthma Attack

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-a-a-c-h-k-m-s-t-t-t"

-5 letters: attacks, tamasha.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Asthma Attack


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

41 73 74 68 6D 61      41 74 74 61 63 6B

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000001 01110011 01110100 01101000 01101101 01100001 00100000 01000001 01110100 01110100 01100001 01100011 01101011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#115 &#116 &#104 &#109 &#97 &#32 &#65 &#116 &#116 &#97 &#99 &#107

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0073 0074 0068 006D 0061      0041 0074 0074 0061 0063 006B

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

3585867479672358686676977

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Quotations: Non-fiction
5. Quotations: Spoken
6. Expressions: Internet
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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