- a person who inhales
- respirator (sense )
- a device for administering medicine in the form of a vapor by inhalation
inhaler
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inhaler
noun
- One that inhales: an avid inhaler of aromatic pipe smoke.
- A device that produces a vapor to ease breathing or is used to medicate by inhalation, especially a small nasal applicator containing a volatile medicament. Also called inhalator .
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Noun
(plural inhalers)
- One who inhales.
- (medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.
Origin
inhale + -er
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inhaler - Medical Definition
n.
- One that inhales: an inhaler of pipe smoke.
- A device that produces a vapor to ease breathing or is used to medicate by inhalation, especially a small nasal applicator containing a volatile medicament. In this sense also called inhalator
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Sentence Examples
- Students who are able to recognize symptoms requiring medication and know how to use their inhaler properly should be permitted to keep the medication with them.
- It comes in aerosol canisters, in capsules that are inserted into an inhaler, and in liquid form that is used in a nebulizer.
- If a patient cannot use an inhaler to maintain long-term control, sustained-release theophylline is a good alternative.
- A cough can also be a side-effect of medications that are administered via an inhaler.
- The inhaler may have a spacer that holds the burst of medication until it is inhaled.
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