asthma attack

What does asthma attack mean?

asthma attack means "respiratory disorder characterized by wheezing; usually of allergic origin".

What is another word for asthma attack?

Close synonyms include asthma, bronchial asthma. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is asthma attack a common word?

asthma attack is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for asthma attack come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.