status asthmaticus

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   a prolonged and severe asthma attack that does not respond to standard treatment

   Broaderasthma

Questions about status asthmaticus

What does status asthmaticus mean?

status asthmaticus means "a prolonged and severe asthma attack that does not respond to standard treatment".

Is status asthmaticus a common word?

status asthmaticus 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.