inhalation
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4.1
- noun
- /ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
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inhalación
- A crew member is suffering from chemical gas inhalation.
- inhalation exposure
- inhalation and exhalation
- inhalation of allergen
And then automatically, you know, almost like a reflex, the inhalation happens.
- And then automatically, you know, almost like a reflex, the inhalation happens.
- Plato supposed that the poetry of the Rhapsodies was inspiration, literally the inhalation of the breath of the Muses.
- So this is the moment where also the air, the inhalation, the exhalation starts to increase and because.
- So steel point is on a deep inhalations and long exhalations, you let go of thought and you focus on the feel.
- One person might smoke cannabis out of a bong and take big, deep, you know, lungs, full bong inhalations or such.
Examples
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Humans get exposed to lead by inhalation or ingestion of contaminated food and water.
Academic text (2015) -
Effects of inhalation or exposure include...
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Most of them died from smoke inhalation.
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Cause of death is smoke inhalation.
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If necessary, crawl on your hands and knees to avoid the inhalation of smoke.
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Before the late 1960s, no medical research had linked inhalation of copper to respiratory disease.
Academic text (2002) -
It's a slow fibrosis of the lung due to the inhalation of dust particles.
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Flores was then transferred to St. Joseph's Hospital in serious but stable condition after suffering smoke inhalation.
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Inhalation of toxic air.
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The firefighter saved the child from smoke inhalation during the blaze.
Synonyms
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1.0
Air taken in or pushed out of the lungs in one movement
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2.2
To breathe in slowly and fully to help you relax
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1.0
Taking air into the lungs through the nose or mouth
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5.9
Taking air into the lungs
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3.5
The act of breathing air into the lungs
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4.1
Taking air into the lungs when you breathe in
Antonyms
Compounds
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8.2
A serious lung infection caused when tiny bacteria are breathed in, often deadly without quick treatment
- Specialized
A gas you breathe to make you sleep and not feel pain during surgery
- Specialized
A general medicine that doctors give as a gas you breathe to make you sleep during surgery
How Deep
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inhalation comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and halare 'to breathe', and it is the same idea you see in inhale and exhale. So, inhalation simply means 'breathing in' air into your lungs.