Associations to the word «Asthmatic»

Wiktionary

ASTHMATIC, adjective. Having the characteristics of asthma, as in an "asthmatic cough".
ASTHMATIC, noun. A person who suffers from asthma.

Dictionary definition

ASTHMATIC, noun. A person suffering from asthma; "she is a chronic asthmatic"; "the painful gasps of a dying asthmatic".
ASTHMATIC, adjective. Relating to breathing with a whistling sound.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats