inhaler

[ in-hey-ler ]

/ ɪnˈheɪ lər /

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noun

an apparatus or device used in inhaling medicinal vapors, anesthetics, etc.

a respirator.

a person who inhales.

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Origin of inhaler

First recorded in 1770–80; inhale + -er¹

Words nearby inhaler

inhabiter, inhalant, inhalation, inhalator, inhale, inhaler, in half, Inhambane, in hand, inharmonic, inharmonious

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How to use inhaler in a sentence

When I talked with Mills, he was excited about research in the UK finding that steroid inhalers — another cheap, widely available medication — reduced Covid-19 hospitalizations.
How a cheap antidepressant emerged as a promising Covid-19 treatment|Kelsey Piper|August 26, 2021|Vox
Many described widespread breathing problems during burn season and a reliance on asthma inhalers and nebulizers, as the news organizations reported in July.
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Air quality is a personal issue for Khan, who was diagnosed with adult-onset asthma while training for the London Marathon in 2014 and so has to use an inhaler “religiously twice a day.”
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Anytime they left their apartment, they took their “medicine box,” a plastic bin filled with red inhalers, prescribed steroids and a pink nebulizer shaped like a kitten.
The Smoke Comes Every Year. Sugar Companies Say the Air Is Safe.|by Lulu Ramadan, The Palm Beach Post, and Ash Ngu and Maya Miller, ProPublica|July 8, 2021|ProPublica

I remember it was one of the first few shifts after I had come back because I was still needing an inhaler nonstop.
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Film it on film, no makeup, get the inhaler and the braces in there.
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One refugee needed an asthma inhaler, a common item that costs around $13.
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And that's a relatively easy one: I know what an asthma inhaler is, and what it's used for.
Federal Regulations Kill Innovation Too|Megan McArdle|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
This may be done with the inhaler on a few occasions at least.
Psychotherapy|James J. Walsh
The physiologist took out a little phial from his pocket, and began to open a sort of inhaler of white muslin.
Strange Stories|Grant Allen
Everything required for it--the inhaler, sponges, straight and crooked needles, and thread--was in the chest.
With Kitchener in the Soudan|G. A. Henty
She is directed to take a full inspiration, and then to apply the Inhaler to the mouth and nose.
Parturition without Pain or Loss of Consciousness|James Townley
It will therefore be gathered from this that the patient herself always holds the inhaler.
Parturition without Pain or Loss of Consciousness|James Townley

British Dictionary definitions for inhaler

inhaler

/ (ɪnˈheɪlə) /

noun

a device for breathing in therapeutic vapours through the nose or mouth, esp one for relieving nasal congestion or asthma

a person who inhales

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