verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   To convert liquid into a fine spray of aerosols, by using a nebulizer; to atomize
2. 2
   To treat a patient with medicine applied using a nebulizer

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”) + -ize.

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