thunderstorm asthma
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[edit]Noun
[edit]thunderstorm asthma (uncountable)
- (pathology) asthma brought on by exposure to an asthma thunderstorm
- 2006 Feb, NewScientist, page 45, column 1:
- Thunderstorm asthma only appears to affect a subset of hay-fever sufferers and allergic asthmatics who react to pollen and, Nasser believes, fungal spores.