asthmatic
pronunciation
How to pronounce asthmatic in British English:
UK [æsˈmætɪk]
How to pronounce asthmatic in American English:
US [æzˈmætɪk]
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- Adjective:
- relating to breathing with a whistling sound
Word Origin
- asthmatic (adj.)
- 1540s, from Latin asthmaticus, from Greek asthmatikos, from asthma (see asthma). Noun meaning "person with asthma" is recorded from 1610s.
Example
- 1. Don 't use this guideline unless the child was previously diagnosed as having asthma , asthmatic bronchitis or reactive airway disease by a physician
- 2. Viral infections are associated with up to 50 % of asthmatic attacks in children .
- 3. Richard attenborough played her husband , bill foster , as an asthmatic , broken man caught in a pathetic yet dangerous co-dependency with his willful wife .
- 4. To observe the difference of pulmonary function and bronchodilatation test of the cases with asthmatic patients in their alleviative period .
- 5. The lung function and bronchial hyperresponsiveness of the asthmatic patients during their remission period .