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What is the Greek root word for asthma?
ασθμαινω "to pant heavily", to "gasp for breath"
Where did asthma come from?
The likenesses of asthma first reared its head in Homers poem the Iliad in around 450 B.C. Asthma is a Greek based word that basically means "to pant". It wasn't until 150 B.C. though that asthma had been found by a connection in bronchial obstructions by a Greco-Roman Physician named Galen.
What greek root means all?
The Greek root that means "all" is "pan-" or "pant-". This root is commonly used in words such as "panorama" or "pandemic" to convey the concept of all or everything.
In the sisterhood of the traveling pant book who is valia?
Lena's greek grandmother
What is a 4 letter word that means gasp?
Pant
What two ways people adapted to the Sahara Desert?
animals that live in the Sahara desert adapt not only because they are used to the heat but also because they have tongues to pant. like dogs. they pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant until they drop dead. animals that live in the Sahara desert adapt not only because they are used to the heat but also because they have tongues to pant. like dogs. they pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant until they drop dead. animals that live in the Sahara desert adapt not only because they are used to the heat but also because they have tongues to pant. like dogs. they pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant and pant until they drop dead.
Why do bearded dragons pant?
They don't pant. They will however sit with their mouths open and their tongue out a bit, this means they are hot and cooling down
What is a four letter word that means gasp?
gulp, pant, puff
The word that means breathe hard and quickly?
Pant or gasp.
What word which starts with p means to gasp for breath called?
pant
What does pant size 12R by Tommy Hilfiger means?
12 Regular
What is the history of asthma?
It existed in ancient Egyptian times,theres evidence that asthma has been around even before that.The Georg Ebers Papyrus,found in Egypt in the 1870s contains prescriptions written in hieroglyphics for over 700 remedies.One of the ancient Egyption remedies was t heat a mixture of herbs on bricks and inhale their fumes. China a few hundreds yrs ago it was common to give a person w/asthma herbs containing ephedrine from which they could inhale beta-agonists.The term asthma comes from the Greek verb Aazein meaning to pant,exhale w/open mouth,sharp breath.At the beginning of the 20th century asthma was seen as a psychosomatic disease.During the 1930s to 1950s asthma was known as one of the "holy" seven psychosomatic illnesses.Not until the 1960s was asthma recognized as a anti-inflammatory and medications started being used.
