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inhaler Definition

in·haler (in hālər)

noun

  1. a person who inhales
  2. respirator (sense )
  3. a device for administering medicine in the form of a vapor by inhalation

inhaler Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • meter: Please note that the majority of pressurized metered dose inhalers from these batches function normally.
  • shake: Remove the cap from the mouthpiece and shake the inhaler vigorously.
  • prescribe: I visited my doctor who told me I might be suffering from asthma and prescribed an inhaler.
  • carry: I am an asthmatic, can I carry an inhaler?
  • use: Many people with asthma use an inhaler each day to keep symptoms away.
  • keep: There are some tips to help you, like keeping the preventer inhaler beside the toothbrush in the bathroom.

Adjective modifier

  • cfc-free: However, the introduction of CFC-free inhalers has clouded the issue.
  • nasal: At the time, British officials suggested the steroid may have come from a nasal inhaler or cold remedy widely available in the US.
  • dry: Other dry powder inhalers will have the medication either in disks or in the device itself.
  • different: There are lots of different inhalers to choose from.

Modifies a noun

  • device: I have been told there are some recommendations about caring for inhaler devices.
  • technique: You can check your inhaler technique with your doctor, practice nurse or pharmacist.

Noun used with modifier

  • preventer: A doctor may prescribe a high dose of a preventer inhaler at first, to quickly " get on top of symptoms " .
  • reliever: Minor effects on airway function were likely to respond to the use of the subject's reliever inhaler " .
  • salbutamol: I imagine that this is a blue Ventolin or salbutamol inhaler.
  • bronchodilator: If you are also using a bronchodilator inhaler, be sure to always carry the inhaler with you to use during asthma attacks.
  • asthma: Influences on asthma inhaler device selection in trained asthma nurses.
  • aerosol: An aerosol inhaler used with a spacer is likely to get more medicine into your lungs than using just an inhaler on its own.

Possessives

reliever: Use of a ' reliever ' inhaler should lessen this effect.

Preposition: for

asthma: She had recently started to use an inhaler for asthma.