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Word: inhaler (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • medicine A device with a canister holding either: A medicine in a pulverized solid form (to be sucked or sprayed out as aerosols with dry powder particles), or a medicine solution mixed with a gas (to be sucked or sprayed out as aerosols with liquid droplet particles). In both cases, the device deliver aerosols to be inhaled by the patient into the lungs. It is commonly used to deliver medication for the treatment of asthma and other type of respiratory diseases.

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