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ASTHMATIC [2 records]

Record 1 1996-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory Tract
DEF

An individual chronically affected with asthma. (Blakiston's Medical Dictionary. McGraw-Hill Book Co. New York, 1979, p. 79).

CONT

More than three hundred years ago, Sir John Floyer, a ... British surgeon, wrote, "violent exercise makes the asthmatic to breath short." (Gershwin, M. Eric, Asthma: Stop Suffering and Start Living. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co., Reading, MA, 1986, p. 90).

CONT

Airway size and breathing patterns change rhythmically throughout the day in healthy people as well as in asthmatics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies respiratoires
DEF

Une personne qui est atteinte d'asthme.

CONT

Aujourd'hui, heureusement, il existe des médicaments qui peuvent grandement aider les asthmatiques à faire "bon ménage" avec leur maladie. (Claverie, Marie, Les Allergies chez l'enfant. Éditions Transmonde, Ottawa, Canada, 1987, p. 57).

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Respiratory Tract
DEF

Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with asthma.

CONT

Asthma tic patients fare better if they feel that they do not have some control over their disease and are not necessarily helpless victims of a debilitating, incurable disease.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Voies respiratoires
DEF

Qui se rapporte à l'asthme.

CONT

Parfois, la crise persiste durant plus de 24 heures [...]. C'est ce qu'on appelle l'état de mal asthmatique, qui nécessite le plus souvent l'hospitalisation du malade.

Spanish

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