ASTHMATIC


Meaning of ASTHMATIC in English

/ æsˈmætɪk; NAmE æzˈmætɪk/ noun

a person who suffers from asthma

►  asth·mat·ic adjective :

asthmatic patients

an asthmatic attack

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WORD ORIGIN

early 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek asthmatikos , from asthma , from azein breathe hard.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.