Vocabulary : Asterolepis to Asthma paper

Asterolepis : A genus of fishes, some of which were eighteen or twenty feet long, found in a fossil state in the Old Red Sandstone.
Asterope : One of the Pleiades; -- called also Sterope. ;; A double star in the Pleiades (21 k and 22 l Pleiadum, of the 5.8 and 6.4 magnitude respectively), appearing as a single star of the 5.3 magnitude to the naked eye.
Asterophyllite : A fossil plant from the coal formations of Europe and America, now regarded as the branchlets and foliage of calamites.
Astert : To start up; to befall; to escape; to shun. ;; To escape.
Asthenia : Alt. of Astheny

Asthenic : Characterized by, or pertaining to, debility; weak; debilitating.
Asthenopia : Weakness of sight.
Astheny : Want or loss of strength; debility; diminution of the vital forces.
Asthma : A disease, characterized by difficulty of breathing (due to a spasmodic contraction of the bronchi), recurring at intervals, accompanied with a wheezing sound, a sense of constriction in the chest, a cough, and expectoration.
Asthma paper : Paper impregnated with saltpeter. The fumes from the burning paper are often inhaled as an alleviative by asthmatics.

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