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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a person suffering from asthma;
- Example: "she is a chronic asthmatic"
- Example: "the painful gasps of a dying asthmatic"


ADJECTIVE (1)

1. relating to breathing with a whistling sound;
[syn: asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

asthmatic
    adj 1: relating to breathing with a whistling sound [syn:
           asthmatic, wheezing, wheezy]
    n 1: a person suffering from asthma; "she is a chronic
         asthmatic"; "the painful gasps of a dying asthmatic"