Inhalant

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  • adjective. Used in or for inhaling.
  • noun. A drug, such as an anesthetic or bronchodilator, or another substance, such as saline solution, inhaled for medicinal purposes in vapor or aerosol form.
  • noun. A substance inhaled as an intoxicant, usually in the form of a vapor.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • That inhales; serving for inhalation: as, the inhalant end of a duct; the inhalant pores of sponges (that is, the pores through which streams of water enter). See cuts under Porifera and Spongilla. Also spelled inhalent.
  • noun. That which is inhaled.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Inhaling; used for inhaling.
  • noun. An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); also, that which is to be inhaled, especially a medicine taken by inhalation.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. intended for inhaling
  • noun. something, especially a medication, that is inhaled
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. inhaling or serving for inhalation
  • noun. something that is inhaled
  • noun. a medication to be taken by inhaling it
  • Word Usage
    "This inhalant, which is used as a smelling salt, is capable of causing caustic burns to the oral cavity if bitten or mucosal burns if inserted in the nose, due to the high content of ammonia."
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