how to pronounce asthma

/ˈæzmə/

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asthma is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of asthma in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… a child with asthma and I do too and I …”

meaning of asthma

Asthma is a chronic lung disease that causes difficulty breathing.

asthma frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word asthma occurs in english on average 4 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.