Vaporizer

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.

    "Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke."

  2. 2
    a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation) wordnet
  3. 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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