A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.
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A person affected with asthma.
Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.
Affected with, or pertaining to, astigmatism; as, astigmatic eyes; also, remedying astigmatism; as, astigmatic lenses.
A defect of the eye or of a lens, in consequence of which the rays derived from one point are not brought to a single focal point, thus causing imperfect images or indistinctness of vision.
To assent.
Stipulation; agreement.
Stirring; in a state of activity or motion; out of bed.
Not possessing a mouth.
To stun; to astonish; to stupefy.
Stunned; astonished. See Astony.
To stun; to render senseless, as by a blow.
In an astonished manner.
Very wonderful; of a nature to excite astonishment; as, an astonishing event.
The condition of one who is stunned. Hence: Numbness; loss of sensation; stupor; loss of sense.
To stun; to bewilder; to astonish; to dismay.
In a stooping or inclined position.
To stun; to stupefy.
struck with an intense and usually sudden surprise sufficient to produce wonder or perplexity
Of a nature to astound; astonishing; amazing; as, an astounding force, statement, or fact.
Amazement.
See Astrakhan.
In a straddling position; astride; bestriding; as, to sit astraddle a horse.
Pertaining to the genus Astr/a or the family Astr/id/. A coral of the family Astr/id/; a star coral.
A convex molding of rounded surface, generally from half to three quarters of a circle.
Of or pertaining to the astragalus.
Resembling the astragalus in form.
Divination by means of small bones or dice.
The ankle bone, or hock bone; the bone of the tarsus which articulates with the tibia at the ankle.
Of or pertaining to Astrakhan in Russia or its products; made of an Astrakhan skin. The skin of stillborn or young lambs of that region, the curled wool of which resembles fur.
Pertaining to, coming from, or resembling, the stars; starry; starlike.
Stranded.
Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray.
Concise; contracted.
The act of binding; restriction; also, obligation.
Binding; astringent. An astringent.
Astrictive.
With one leg on each side, as a man when on horseback; with the legs stretched wide apart; astraddle.
Bearing stars.
To bind fast; to constrict; to contract; to cause parts to draw together; to compress.
The quality of being astringent; the power of contracting the parts of the body; that quality in medicines or other substances which causes contraction of the organic textures; as, the astringency of tannin.
A medicine or other substance that produces contraction in the soft organic textures, and checks discharges of blood, mucus, etc.
In an astringent manner.
A falconer who keeps a goshawk.
exobiology; -- not used technically.
the branch of science involving astronomy and chemistry which studies the chemical composition, chemical reactions, and evolution of matter in outer space.
a large star-shaped neuroglial cell in nervous tissue.
a tumor of nervous tissue derived from interstitial cells, in which the cells are relatively well-differentiated and resemble astrocytes. The occur primarily in the crebrum and cerebellum.
A bitter herb, probably the same as aster, or starwort.
The creation or evolution of the stars or the heavens.
The science or knowledge of the stars, esp. the fixed stars.
Same as Astrogeny.
The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
A radiated stone or fossil; star-stone.
An instrument for observing or showing the positions of the stars. It is now disused.
A worshiper of the stars.
The worship of the stars.
The science of a/rolites.
One who studies the stars; an astronomer.
An astrologer.
Of or pertaining to astrology; professing or practicing astrology.
To apply astrology to; to study or practice astrology.
In its etymological signification, the science of the stars; among the ancients, synonymous with astronomy; subsequently, the art of judging of the influences of the stars upon human affairs, and of foretelling events by their position and aspects.
Of or pertaining to divination by means of the stars; astrologic.
The investigation of the relation between the sun, moon, and stars, and the weather.
An instrument for comparing the relative amount of the light of stars.
The art of making measurements among the stars, or of determining their relative magnitudes.
a person trained to travel in a spacecraft; one who travels in a spacecraft; -- called in the Soviet Union and Russia cosmonaut.
of or pertaining to astronautics.
of or pertaining to astronautics.
The theory and practice of navigation through the upper atmosphere or outer space; the science of travel beyond the Earth's atmosphere.
navigating according to the positions of the stars.
An astrologer.
An astrologer.
Astronomical.
Of or pertaining to astronomy; in accordance with the methods or principles of astronomy.
To study or to talk astronomy.
Astrology.
See Astrofel.
The application of photography to the delineation of the sun, moon, and stars.
A photometer for measuring the brightness of stars.
The determination of the brightness of stars, and also of the sun, moon, and planets.
Pertaining to the physics of astronomical science.
an astronomer who studies the physical properties of celestial bodies.
the concerned with the physical and chemical properties of celestial bodies.
The science treating of the physical characteristics of the stars and other heavenly bodies, their chemical constitution, light, heat, atmospheres, etc. It is a branch of astronomy.
A genus of ophiurans having the arms much branched.
An old astronomical instrument, formed of two cones, on whose surface the constellations were delineated.
Observation of the stars.
Theology founded on observation or knowledge of the celestial bodies.
Building up; constructive; -- opposed to destructive.
Sticking out, or puffed out; swelling; in a swelling manner.
Subtle; cunning; astute.
Craftiness; astuteness.
To stun.
Of or pertaining to Asturias in Spain. A native of Asturias.
Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty.
Without columns or pilasters.
A small dam to prevent free passage of water in an adit or level.
The capital city of Paraguay. Population (2000) = 502,426.
Apart; separate from each other; into parts; in two; separately; into or in different pieces or places.
An enemy of the gods, esp. one of a race of demons and giants.
The sloth bear (Melursus labiatus) of India.
To stupefy.
In a state of swinging.
In a swoon.
In a swoon.
A sanctuary or place of refuge and protection, where criminals and debtors found shelter, and from which they could not be forcibly taken without sacrilege.
Incommensurable; also, unsymmetrical.
Incommensurable.
Asymmetrical.
Want of symmetry, or proportion between the parts of a thing, esp. lack of bilateral symmetry.
showing no symptoms of disease.
A line which approaches nearer to some curve than assignable distance, but, though infinitely extended, would never meet it. Asymptotes may be straight lines or curves. A rectilinear asymptote may be conceived as a tangent to the curve at an infinite distance.
Disconnected; not fitted or adjusted.
the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
Not simultaneous; not concurrent in time; -- opposed to synchronous.
the relation that exists when things occur at unrelated times.
Characterized by the use of asyndeton; not connected by conjunctions.
A figure which omits the connective; as, I came, I saw, I conquered. It stands opposed to polysyndeton.
A weakening or cessation of the contractile power of the heart.
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