Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

status asthmaticus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sta-tus asth-mati-cus
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

17

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An acute exacerbation of asthma which does not respond to standard treatments of bronchodilators and steroids.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Latin.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: -

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does status asthmaticus mean?: An acute exacerbation of asthma which does not respond to standard treatments of bronchodilators and steroids.
Where does status asthmaticus come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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