/ 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.
/ 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. 2005