<p><strong>adjective:</strong></p><ul><li>having or experiencing asthma</li><li>relating to asthma: an asthmatic cough</li><li>suggestive of the wheezing or whistling sound symptomatic of asthma: We'll be listening for the telltale signs of imminent disaster: the last, asthmatic gasps from our geriatric central heating boiler.</li></ul><p><strong>noun:</strong></p><ul><li>a person with asthma</li></ul>