Asthmatic
adjective
Connected with or suffering from asthma (a medical condition that causes difficulties in breathing).
She is an asthmatic child, and often has breathing difficulties.
Often appears as...
- asthmatic patient
- asthmatic symptoms
noun
A person who suffers from asthma.
As an asthmatic, he has to always carry an inhaler.
Often appears as...
- chronic asthmatic
- severe asthmatic
adjective
Connected with or suffering from asthma (a medical condition that causes difficulties in breathing).
She is an asthmatic child, and often has breathing difficulties.
Often appears as...
- asthmatic patient
- asthmatic symptoms
noun
A person who suffers from asthma.
As an asthmatic, he has to always carry an inhaler.
Often appears as...
- chronic asthmatic
- severe asthmatic
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Pro Tip 1/3Illness Descriptor
Use 'asthmatic' to describe things directly related to the illness, asthma.
The cold weather triggered his asthmatic cough.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Severe
'Asthmatic' doesn't always mean severe; asthma varies in intensity.
She has asthmatic issues but they're usually mild.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Sometimes 'asthmatic' is used metaphorically to describe something struggling to function.
The asthmatic economy is gasping for a stimulus.
Pro Tip 1/3Illness Descriptor
Use 'asthmatic' to describe things directly related to the illness, asthma.
The cold weather triggered his asthmatic cough.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Severe
'Asthmatic' doesn't always mean severe; asthma varies in intensity.
She has asthmatic issues but they're usually mild.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Sometimes 'asthmatic' is used metaphorically to describe something struggling to function.
The asthmatic economy is gasping for a stimulus.
Pro Tip 1/3Illness Descriptor
Use 'asthmatic' to describe things directly related to the illness, asthma.
The cold weather triggered his asthmatic cough.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Always Severe
'Asthmatic' doesn't always mean severe; asthma varies in intensity.
She has asthmatic issues but they're usually mild.
Pro Tip 3/3Metaphorical Usage
Sometimes 'asthmatic' is used metaphorically to describe something struggling to function.
The asthmatic economy is gasping for a stimulus.
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How does asthma work? -...
and exposure to triggers can't always be controlled. This is where inhalers, the primary treatment for asthma, come in. These medications help asthmatics both control and prevent their asthma symptoms. Inhalers transport medication along the affected airways
Video examples
An ER doctor on triaging...
Know your reds. They're what is most important and where you can most move the needle. Now it's easy to be confused by noise, but what it noisiest is not always what is most red. In fact, my severe asthmatic patient is most at risk when he's quiet.
Video examples
How does asthma work? -...
and exposure to triggers can't always be controlled. This is where inhalers, the primary treatment for asthma, come in. These medications help asthmatics both control and prevent their asthma symptoms. Inhalers transport medication along the affected airways
Video examples
An ER doctor on triaging...
Know your reds. They're what is most important and where you can most move the needle. Now it's easy to be confused by noise, but what it noisiest is not always what is most red. In fact, my severe asthmatic patient is most at risk when he's quiet.
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Quote examples
Holly Marie Combs
American Actress
To stop smoking was actually really easy because I had already started to cut down. My husband is asthmatic, and he just can't for the life of him imagine why anybody would put smoke in their mouth, so he really helped me to start cutting down.
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Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.
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Charles Studd
British Athlete
Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.
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Ian Smith
Zimbabwean Politician
Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics in urban areas.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.
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Anh Do
Australian Author
I'm an asthmatic so if you want to ask someone about asthma, ask a doctor. I'm asthmatic but I'm not an expert on it.
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Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
I talk fast because I'm asthmatic, and I'm desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails.
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Gerald Scarfe
British Artist
Well I was an asthmatic child. So that for most of my childhood I was in bed. Bedridden.
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Alber Elbaz
Israeli Designer
I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.
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Shannon Briggs
American Athlete
I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.
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Holly Marie Combs
American Actress
To stop smoking was actually really easy because I had already started to cut down. My husband is asthmatic, and he just can't for the life of him imagine why anybody would put smoke in their mouth, so he really helped me to start cutting down.
Quote examples
Alfred Hitchcock
English Director
These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.
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Charles Studd
British Athlete
Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigor of a hero.
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Ian Smith
Zimbabwean Politician
Poor air quality, which can be influenced by a variety of fumes, chemicals and allergens, is arguably the leading cause of triggers for most asthmatics in urban areas.
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T. S. Eliot
American Poet
It's strange that words are so inadequate. Yet, like the asthmatic struggling for breath, so the lover must struggle for words.
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Anh Do
Australian Author
I'm an asthmatic so if you want to ask someone about asthma, ask a doctor. I'm asthmatic but I'm not an expert on it.
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Sid Waddell
British Entertainer
I talk fast because I'm asthmatic, and I'm desperately hoping the words get out before my breath fails.
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Gerald Scarfe
British Artist
Well I was an asthmatic child. So that for most of my childhood I was in bed. Bedridden.
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Alber Elbaz
Israeli Designer
I was a fat child; I was asthmatic. No wonder I'm a hypochondriac.
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Shannon Briggs
American Athlete
I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.
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