a. and sb. [f. ANT- + Gr. ἀσθματικ-ός ASTHMATIC.]

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  A.  adj. Tending to prevent or relieve asthma. B. sb. A medicine so used.

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1681.  trans. Willis’s Rem. Med. Wks., Antasthmaticks, Things good against the cough or asthma.

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1706.  Phillips, Antasthmaticks, Medicines against the Tissick or shortness of Breath.

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1742.  in Bailey.

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1775.  in Ash.

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1853.  in Mayne.

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