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asthmatic

[az-mat-ik, as-] / æzˈmæt ɪk, æs- /


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She also fears for the health of her asthmatic daughter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026

She was also a severe asthmatic, always followed by a "frightened minion carrying her asthma inhaler, as though it were a crown, or a sceptre of some sort".

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2025

As portrayed here, Stanton is intense, asthmatic, married to the job and thus neglecting his actual wife; you know the drill.

From New York Times ● Mar. 28, 2024

He's also asthmatic, which is true, and to a degree that prevents him from moving fast enough to intercept Booth as his officers close in.

From Salon ● Mar. 15, 2024

It created a cacophony of hacking coughs, bronchial rattles, asthmatic wheezes, consumptive croaks.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt


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