Marketos S G, Ballas C N
J Asthma. 1982;19(4):263-9. doi: 10.3109/02770908209104771.
The actual term asthma is a Greek word that is derived from the verb aazein, meaning to exhale with open mouth, to pant. The expression asthma appeared for the first time in the Iliad, with the meaning of a short-drawn breath, but the earliest text where the word is found as a medical term is the Corpus Hippocraticum. However it is difficult to determine whether in referring to "asthma," Hippocrates and his school (460-360 B.C.) meant an autonomous clinical entity or simply a symptom. The best clinical description of asthma in later antiquity is offered by the master clinician, Aretaeus of Cappadocia (1st century A.D.). The numerous mentions of "asthma" in the extensive writings of Galen (130-200 A.D.) appear to be in general agreement with the Hippocratic texts and to some extent with the statements of Aretaeus.
“哮喘”这个术语实际上是一个希腊词，源自动词aazein，意思是张开嘴巴呼气、喘气。“哮喘”这个表述首次出现在《伊利亚特》中，意思是急促的呼吸，但最早将该词作为医学术语的文本是《希波克拉底文集》。然而，很难确定希波克拉底及其学派（公元前460 - 360年）在提及“哮喘”时，指的是一种独立的临床实体还是仅仅是一种症状。后世古代对哮喘的最佳临床描述是由临床大师、卡帕多西亚的阿雷泰乌斯（公元1世纪）提供的。盖伦（公元130 - 200年）的大量著作中对“哮喘”的诸多提及似乎与希波克拉底的文本总体一致，并且在一定程度上与阿雷泰乌斯的论述相符。
