The Emergence Machine

Asthma

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Each concept here is mapped to its prerequisites — the ideas you'd need first to understand it — all the way down to four foundations: Space, Time, Energy, Pattern. Click any prerequisite to drill down, or scroll for the chain graph.

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Emergence definition

A chronic inflammatory condition emerges from the organized arrangement of interrelated parts that work together over time, as a system, where inflammation, driven by energy and occurring over time, results in recurring episodes of wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath due to airway constriction.

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Wiktionary senses

External reference — all senses of the word “asthma” on Wiktionary. This atlas concept maps to only the slice of meaning relevant to the prerequisite graph.

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Source: Wiktionary — “asthma”. Content available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Historical origin

Origin word
asthma
Origin language
English

Prerequisite chain

Possible path of this concept down to the fundamental substrate.

thisfoundationsL7L6L5L4L3L2L1L0AsthmaInflammationDiseaseOrganismCellSystemFormLifeProcessStructureActionChangeMatterEnergyPatternSpaceTimeE1 concrete → E14 abstract

Neighborhood

Direct prerequisites above, concepts that depend on this one below.

thisprerequisitesAsthmaL7SystemL3DiseaseL5InflammationL6E1 concrete → E14 abstract

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Prerequisites

What you need to understand first.

  • System L3 (requires) systems-theory sense
    asthma requires understanding system as a foundational concept
  • Disease L5 (requires)
    This is a specific disease; understanding what disease is comes first
  • Inflammation L6 (requires)
    Asthma: A chronic inflammatory condition characterized by recurring episodes of wheezing, coughing, and shortness of breath due to airway constriction and inflammation.