INHALER
\ɪnhˈe͡ɪlə], \ɪnhˈeɪlə], \ɪ_n_h_ˈeɪ_l_ə]\
Definitions of INHALER
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
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An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal purposes.
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A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.
By Oddity Software
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An apparatus for inhaling any vapor or volatile substance, as ether or chloroform, for medicinal purposes.
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A contrivance to filter, as air, in order to protect the lungs from inhaling damp or cold air, noxious gases, dust, etc.; also, the respiratory apparatus for divers.
By Noah Webster.
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Devices that cause a liquid or solid to be converted into an aerosol (spray) or a vapor. It is used in drug administration by inhalation, humidification of ambient air, and in certain analytical instruments.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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1. A mask-like apparatus over the nose and mouth, through which to breathe when the air is cold and raw or laden with dust or noxious vapors. 2. An apparatus for administering remedies by inhalation.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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An apparatus for inhalation. Mudge's Inhaler is an apparatus for inhaling the steam of hot water, in affections of the air-passages. It consists of a pewter tankard provided with a lid, into which a flexible tube is inserted. Through this the vapour is inhaled.
By Robley Dunglison
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Instrument for administering a medicated vapor.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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