inhalation
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4.1
- noun
- /ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən/
- Specialized
:
inhalación
- During the therapy session, the nurse demonstrated the proper inhalation technique for the medication.
- inhalation of capsaicin
- nasal inhalation
- smoke inhalation
Examples
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Smoke from burning waste may be detrimental to the health of urban residents through the inhalation of respirable suspended particulates, including carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide, and sulfur dioxide.
Academic text (2005) -
I was soon exhausted and breathless, dizzy with exertion and smoke inhalation.
Fiction book (1991) -
Both patients died from the fire, one from smoke inhalation and the other from burns.
Academic text (2000) -
They suffered from smoke inhalation.
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Inhalation aerosols containing freon propellants will be banned in Europe by 1995.
Academic text (1992) -
After a long run, he needed an inhalation of his asthma medication to catch his breath.
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The doctor advised several inhalations of the prescribed mist to alleviate his breathing difficulties.
Synonyms
3
5.6
A medicine you breathe in through your nose or mouth
Compounds
- Specialized
1
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
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word inhalation comes from the Latin parts in- 'into' and halare 'to breathe', like the words inhale and exhale. So, inhalation can also mean a medicine that you take by 'breathing it into' your lungs.