It is part of the complex biological response of body tissues to harmful stimuli, such as pathogens, damaged cells, etc. It occurs in the bronchial tubes when you have asthma.
inflammation
To breath in.
inhale
Organs situated within the ribcage consisting of elastic sacs with branching passages into which air is drawn, so that oxygen can pass into the blood and carbon dioxide be removed.
Lungs
A colourless, odourless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.
oxygen
Capable of being cured.
curable
Another word for illness.
disease
The action or habit of inhaling and exhaling the smoke of tobacco by sucking on the end of a lit cigarette, cigar, pipe, etc.
smoking
Where the lungs and the blood exchange oxygen and carbon dioxide during the process of breathing in and breathing out.
alveoli/alveolus
The flowing blood in the circulatory system.
bloodstream
To expel air from the lungs with a sudden sharp sound.
coughing
The delicate hoses that connect your throat to your lungs.
bronchial tubes
A portable device for administering a drug which is to be breathed in, used for relieving asthma and other bronchial or nasal congestion.
inhaler
Breathing with a whistling or rattling sound in the chest.
wheezing
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