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WORDS TO UNDERSTAND asthma – a chronic lung disorder that is marked by recurring episodes of airway obstruction (as from bronchospasm) manifested by labored breathing accompanied especially by wheezing and coughing and by a sense of constriction in the chest, and that is triggered by hyper reactivity to various stimuli (such as allergens or rapid change in air temperature) linebacker – a position on the defensive unit of a football team just behind the defensive line and in front of the defensive backfield respective – belonging or relating to each one of the people or things that have been mentioned signature – something (such as a tune, style, or logo) that serves to set apart or identify stereotype – to believe unfairly that all people or things with a particular characteristic are the same touted – made much of; promoted; talked up

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