asthmatic
adjective/æsˈmætɪk/
/æzˈmætɪk/
- affected by asthma; connected with asthma
- asthmatic patients
- an asthmatic attack
Word Originearly 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek asthmatikos, from asthma, from azein ‘breathe hard’.Definitions on the go
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