asthmatic
- noun
- /æzˈmætɪk/
- As an asthmatic, she learned to avoid triggers like dust and pollen.
His son is an asthmatic and I want to play this call gang.
- His son is an asthmatic and I want to play this call gang.
- And he was an asthmatic who lived the last third of his life in a cork roomed, cork roomed cork lined room in Paris.
Examples
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And he was an asthmatic who lived the last third of his life in a cork roomed, cork roomed cork lined room in Paris.
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An asthmatic with a head cold could smell it from here.
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I had known him as an asthmatic who spent most of his time in bed.
Fiction book (2001) -
Plus, as a lifelong asthmatic, I know that the ER is not a place for ongoing treatment.
Blog text (13) -
The Department of Justice noted that this isolation was "the mental equivalent of putting an asthmatic in a place with little air to breathe."
Academic text (1997) -
That's why different infections can colonize more frequently the asthmatic's airways.
Academic text (2007) -
An asthmatic who was unable to continue a career in the church due to respiratory illness, Antonio Vivaldi seems to have clung to a philosophy of composing as much beautiful music as possible during his lifetime.
Academic text (2011) -
Every asthmatic should carry an inhaler to manage their symptoms during an attack.
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Doctors advise that each asthmatic have a personalized action plan for asthma management.
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Asthmatic comes from the old Greek word asthma, which means 'shortness of breath'. So an asthmatic is a person who has trouble breathing and may need medicine or an inhaler.