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Inhaler

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who inhales.

    "The exposure of the mouse lungs to smoke was, of course, relatively mild as compared with the exposure of the lungs of a human smoke-inhaler who gets true cancer."

  2. 2
    a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion wordnet
  3. 3
    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.

    "Gay peep shows -- adult magazines, movies, locker room, inhalers."

Etymology

From inhale + -er.

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