asthmatic

• POS: Adjective, Noun
• HYPHEN: asth=mat=ic

CIDE DICTIONARY

asthmatic, a. [L. asthmaticus, Gr. .].

 Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.  [1913 Webster]

asthmatic, n. 

 A person affected with asthma.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

asthmatic, adj. & n.
--adj. relating to or suffering from asthma.
--n. a person suffering from asthma.

Derivative

asthmatically adv.

Etymology

L asthmaticus f. Gk asthmatikos (as ASTHMA, -IC)

THESAURUS

asthmatic

breathing, errhine, expiratory, heaving, huffing, inspiratory, nasal, panting, pneumonic, puffing, pulmonary, pulmonic, respiratory, rhinal, sneezy, sniffling, sniffly, sniffy, snoring, snorting, snuffling, snuffly, snuffy, sternutatory, stertorous, wheezing, wheezy