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anti asthmatic

[az-mat-ik, as-] Origin

asth·mat·ic

[az-mat-ik, as-]
adjective Also, asth·mat·i·cal.
1.
suffering from asthma.
2.
pertaining to asthma: an asthmatic wheeze.
noun
3.
a person suffering from asthma.

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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.

Origin:
1535–45; < Latin asthmaticus < Greek asthmatikós, equivalent to asthmat- (stem of ásthma) asthma + -ikos -ic

asth·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
an·ti·asth·mat·ic, adjective, noun
non·asth·mat·ic, adjective, noun
non·asth·mat·i·cal·ly, adverb
post·asth·mat·ic, adjective
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un·asth·mat·ic, adjective
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Word Origin & History

asthmatic
1540s, from L. asthmaticus, from Gk. asthmatikos, from asthma (see asthma). Noun meaning "person with asthma" is recorded from 1610s.
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