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Hairball vs Asthma - What's the difference?

hairball | asthma |

As nouns the difference between hairball and asthma

is that hairball is a small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming while asthma is .

hairball

English

Noun

  • A small wad of fur or mass of hair formed in the digestive system of a cat or other animal, from hair ingested while grooming.
  • (slang, figuratively) A messy, tangled, intractable, stay-away-from-it issue.
  • The contract negotiations are turning into a real hairball .

    Synonyms

    * bezoar

    asthma

    English

    (wikipedia asthma)

    Noun

  • (pathology) 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.
  • * 1954 , William Golding, Lord of the Flies
  • "He kind of spat," said Piggy. "My auntie wouldn't let me blow on account of my asthma . He said you blew from down here." Piggy laid a hand on his jutting abdomen.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-29, volume=407, issue=8842, page=72-3, magazine=(The Economist)
  • , title= A punch in the gut , passage=Mostly, the microbiome is beneficial. It helps with digestion and enables people to extract a lot more calories from their food than would otherwise be possible. Research over the past few years, however, has implicated it in diseases from atherosclerosis to asthma to autism.}}

    Derived terms

    () * asthma attack * asthmatic * asthmatically * asthma sufferer

    See also

    * inhaler * phthisic