asthmatic

English

Alternative forms

• asthmatical (dated)
• asthmatick (obsolete)

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin asthmaticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀσθματικός (asthmatikós, “afflicted with shortness of breath”), from ἆσθμα (âsthma, “short-drawn breath, panting”) (compare asthma). By surface analysis, asthma +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /æsˈθmætɪk/, /æsˈmætɪk/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /æzˈmætɪk/
• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

asthmatic (comparative more asthmatic, superlative most asthmatic)

1. Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough".
   • 1917, Anton Chekhov, translated by Constance Garnett, The Darling and Other Stories‎^[1], Project Gutenberg, published 9 September 2004, →ISBN, page 71:

     The mother, Ekaterina Pavlovna, who at one time had been handsome, but now, asthmatic, depressed, vague, and over-feeble for her years, tried to entertain me with conversation about painting. Having heard from her daughter that I might come to Shelkovka, she had hurriedly recalled two or three of my landscapes which she had seen in exhibitions in Moscow, and now asked what I meant to express by them.

Derived terms

• antasthmatic
• antiasthmatic
• asthmatically
• asthmatic attack
• nonasthmatic
• postasthmatic
• preasthmatic
• proasthmatic

 

Translations

having the characteristics of asthma

• Arabic: مُتَعَلِق بِدَاء اَلرَّبْو m (mutaʕaliq bidāʔ ar-rabw)
• Catalan: asmàtic
• Czech: astmatický (cs) m
• Danish: astmatisk
• Finnish: astmaattinen
• French: asthmatique (fr) m or f
• Galician: asmático (gl)
• German: asthmatisch
• Greek: ασθματικός (el) (asthmatikós)
• Ido: astmika (io)
• Irish: asmach
• Italian: asmatico
• Maori: tīmohu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: astmatisk

  Nynorsk: astmatisk

• Polish: astmatyczny (pl)
• Portuguese: asmático
• Russian: астмати́ческий (ru) (astmatíčeskij)
• Spanish: asmático (es)
• Tagalog: hikain

Noun

asthmatic (plural asthmatics)

1. A person who suffers from asthma.

Translations

person who suffers from asthma

• Arabic: مُصَاب بِدَاء اَلرَّبُو m (muṣāb bidāʔ ar-rabū)
• Cebuano: hubakon
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 哮喘患者 (xiàochuǎnhuànzhě)

• Czech: astmatik m
• Danish: astmatiker c
• Finnish: astmaatikko (fi)
• French: asthmatique (fr)
• Galician: asmático (gl) m
• German: Asthmatiker (de) m, Asthmatikerin (de) f
• Ido: astmiko (io)
• Italian: asmatico
• Maori: ngoio, kume
• Polish: astmatyk (pl) m, astmatyczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: asmático m
• Russian: астма́тик (ru) (astmátik)
• Spanish: asmático (es) m
• Tagalog: hikain