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Vaporizer
noun
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Noun
- 1 A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
"Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke."
- 2 a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) wordnet
- 3 A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.
Etymology
From vaporiz(e) + -er.
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