asthmatic
noun/æsˈmætɪk/
/æzˈmætɪk/
- a person who has asthma Many people dislike this use and prefer to say that somebody has asthma rather than refer to them as ‘an asthmatic’.Topics Health problemsc2Word Originearly 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek asthmatikos, from asthma, from azein ‘breathe hard’.
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