Asthmatic

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asthmatic \Asth*mat"ic\, Asthmatical \Asth*mat"ic*al\, a. [L.
     asthmaticus, Gr. ?.]
     Of or pertaining to asthma; as, an asthmatic cough; liable
     to, or suffering from, asthma; as, an asthmatic patient. --
     {Asth*mat"ic*al*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Asthmatic \Asth*mat"ic\, n.
     A person affected with asthma.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  asthmatic
       adj : relating to breathing with a whistling sound [syn: {wheezing},
              {wheezy}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  27 Moby Thesaurus words for "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