inhalant
- adjective
- /ɪnˈheɪlənt/
- Specialized
- Among immigrants, males were less likely to perceive great risk in inhalant use.
- inhalant use
Examples
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In the model controlling for all individual factors (Model 7), immigrants were 63% more likely than nonimmigrants to perceive great risk in inhalant use.
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Patients with chronic rhinitis who tested negative for inhalant allergies (NAR group); and
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Behavioral dysregulation was negatively associated with the odds of perceived risk of illicit substance use, but not inhalant use.
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Persons with higher sexual compulsivity were also significantly more likely to report recent cocaine and inhalant abuse, drugs that are associated with sexual risk-taking (McKirnon, Ostrow, & Hope, 1996).
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Within the substance use group, 87.5% reported alcohol use, 27.8% reported marijuana use, 6.6% reported inhalant use, 2.0% reported cocaine use, 1.1% reported methamphetamine use, 2.1% reported psychedelic use, and 3.7% reported using other illegal drugs.
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Additionally, questions were examined concerning the effect of immigrant status, acculturation, and length of residence, along with the influence of previously identified influential factors, on children's perceived risk of illicit substance use and inhalant use separately.
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Far be it from me to make fun of "America's newest silent epidemic," but just how am I supposed to get behind the Bowie Baysox's upcoming Inhalant Abuse Night when its spokesman, Louie here, has the biggest schnoz in the history of mascots?
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The doctor prescribed an inhalant to help with my asthma symptoms and ease my breathing.
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During the demonstration, the instructor showed how to properly use the inhalant device for maximum effect.
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He carried an inhalant to manage his allergic reactions to airborne pollutants.
Synonyms
Happening when you breathe air into the lungs
Happening when you breathe in gas, smoke, or harmful chemicals
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Inhalant comes from Latin parts in- 'into' and halare 'to breathe', so it means 'suitable for breathing in'. That's why we call a medicine, a pore, or a device 'inhalant' when it is meant to take air or other substances into the body by breathing.