α. 1600s–1700s antiasthmatick, 1600s– antiasthmatic.
β. 1600s–1700s antasthmatick, 1700s– antasthmatic.
antiasthmaticn.adj.
/ˌantɪasˈmatɪk/, U.S. /ˌæn(t)iˌæzˈmædɪk/ Medicine.
A. n.
A medicinal agent used to treat asthma.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [noun] > for asthma
antiasthmatic1661
bronchodilator1903
1661 R. Lovell Πανζωορυκτολογια, sive Panzoologicomineralogia 338 If suffocative, [catarrhe is cured by] revulsion, derivation, sharp clysters,..coronal cerors, and antiasthmaticks if grosse.
1727 E. Strother tr. P. Hermann Materia Medica I. ii. 207 The Juice of Rape express'd, and mix'd with Sugar, is an excellent Antiasthmatick.
1830 Periscope Jan. in Medico-chirurg. Rev., & Jrnl. Pract. Med. 12 465/2 Could such have been cured, nay, would it not have been aggravated by the ordinary farrago of anti-asthmatics—emetics, æthers, and so forth?
1948 Proc. Royal Soc. A. 193 441 Work on substitutes for d-tubocurarine and on analgesics and antiasthmatics has been in progress.
2005 J. Weisberg Safe Med. for Sober People 84 Antiasthmatics that do not contain barbiturates or alcohol are safe for recovering alcoholics/addicts.
B. adj.
Used to treat asthma; of or relating to the treatment of asthma; designating such treatment.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > preparations treating or preventing specific ailments > [adjective] > for asthma
antiasthmatic1664
asthmatic1880
1664 M. Mackaile Moffet-well 133 They will prove good Ant-asthmatick oyls.
1678 tr. M. Charas Royal Pharmacopœa ii. i. xv. 93 An Anti-Asthmatic Syrup of Monsieur D'Aquin.
1746 tr. J. Astruc Gen. Treat. Dis. Children 150 In the height of the paroxysm, you may order your antiasthmatic remedies, or those used in convulsions, or the following, syrrup of hedge-mustard, or that of hysop.
1896 Strand Mag. Dec. p. xvii/1 (advt.) Kutnow's Anti-Asthmatic Powder consists of certain dried herbs, which, during combustion, gives off a smoke.
1908 Practitioner Oct. 600 Anti-asthmatic remedies, the iodides for instance, are useless [in cough associated with dyspepsia].
2008 M. Joerger et al. in J. K. Aronson Side Effects of Drugs Ann. xvi. 194/2 In one study there was no growth reduction over up to 6 years, compared with control patients using standard antiasthmatic treatment without glucocorticoids.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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