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Definition of Asthmatic
1. Noun. A person suffering from asthma. "The painful gasps of a dying asthmatic"
2. Adjective. Relating to breathing with a whistling sound.
Definition of Asthmatic
1. a. Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient.
2. n. A person affected with asthma.
Definition of Asthmatic
1. Adjective. Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough" ¹
2. Noun. A person who suffers from asthma ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Asthmatic
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Asthmatic
1. Relating to or suffering from asthma. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Asthmatic
Literary usage of Asthmatic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. On asthma: Its Pathology and Treatment by Henry Hyde Salter (1882)
"Organic disease not necessarily at the root of the asthmatic tendency.—Is asthma
in its essence a systemic or local affection ?—Conclusion. ..."
2. The London Medical Gazette (1850)
"You may hare tin- most exquisite asthmatic dyspnoea without its leaving any
perceptible deviation from the healthy standard either in Hie heart or lungs, ..."
3. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1867)
"This period had been reached in two instances ; in one case the patient's age
was sixty-nine, and he had become asthmatic at five ; the other was seventy ..."
4. Pulmonary consumption: Its Nature, Varieties, and Treatment : with an by Charles James Blasius Williams (1872)
"asthmatic PHTHISIS. Usually originating in Inflammation—Arrested Phthisis passing
into Asthma—Asthma passing into Phthisis. MOST of the following casca may ..."
5. Diseases of the Lungs by Robert Hall Babcock (1907)
"In contrast to the foregoing, one occasionally sees cases in which the ever-
recurring attacks of bronchitis are invariably attended by asthmatic breathing; ..."
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