Adjective: asthmatic az'ma-tik [N. Amer], as'ma-tik [Brit]
- Relating to breathing with a whistling sound
"His asthmatic cough worried his parents";
- wheezing, wheezy
- A person suffering from asthma
"she is a chronic asthmatic"; "the painful gasps of a dying asthmatic"
Derived forms: asthmatics
See also: unhealthy
Encyclopedia: Asthmatic