asthma paper

noun

Paper impregnated with saltpetre and burned to produce fumes that can be inhaled to alleviate asthma.

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Meanings

nounasthma paper (usually uncountable, plural asthma papers)

plural asthma papers

  1. historicaluncountableusuallymedicinePaper impregnated with saltpetre and burned to produce fumes that can be inhaled to alleviate asthma.
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