asthma

Etymology
From, , from , , from. The spelling was changed to add -th- in the 16th century to match the Greek etymological roots.

Noun

 * 1)  A long-term respiratory condition, in which the airways may unexpectedly and suddenly narrow, often in response to an allergen, cold air, exercise, or emotional stress. Symptoms include wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness, and coughing.

Translations

 * Albanian:, ,
 * Arabic: رَبُو
 * Gulf Arabic: ربو
 * Moroccan Arabic: ضيقة
 * Aragonese: asma
 * Armenian: շնչարգելություն,
 * Belarusian: а́стма
 * Bikol Central:
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Burmese:, ပန်းနာရင်ကျပ်
 * Catalan:
 * Cebuano: hubak
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 哮喘
 * Hokkien:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: astmo
 * Estonian:
 * Farefare: asma
 * Faroese: astma, bróstmøði
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Georgian:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ἆσθμα
 * Hebrew:
 * Hiligaynon: hikab, usang
 * Hindi:
 * Hungarian:
 * Ido:
 * Ilocano: angkit
 * Indonesian:
 * Irish: asma, múchadh, plúchadh
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Kazakh: демікпе
 * Korean:
 * Lao:
 * Latin: asthma
 * Latvian: astma
 * Lithuanian: astma
 * Macedonian: а́стма, за́дув
 * Malagasy:
 * Maltese: ażżma
 * Maori: huangō, ngoio, tīmohu, kume
 * Mongolian:
 * Cyrillic: астма ,
 * Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠲᠠᠷᠠᠭ᠎ᠠ
 * Norman: courte-haleine
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: astma
 * Nynorsk: astma
 * Occitan:
 * Old English: angbrēost
 * Ossetian: астмӕ
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Austma
 * Polish:, ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Rohingya:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:
 * Sinhalese: ඇදුම
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: hika
 * Tausug: sungut
 * Thai:
 * Turkish: ,
 * Ukrainian:
 * Urdu: دمہ
 * Vietnamese:, , hen suyễn
 * Waray-Waray: sugiw
 * Welsh: asthma, mygfa
 * Zazaki: astım, helpeze

Etymology
From.

Noun

 * 1) panting, laboured breathing
 * 2)  asthma