Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An instrument for reducing a liquid to spray, for inhalation, disinfection, etc.; an atomizer.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An atomizer.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A device used to convert
liquid into a finespray ofaerosols , by means ofoxygen ,compressed air , orultrasonic vibration; sometimes also referred to as anatomizer . - noun medicine A device used to administer a
medicine into thelungs , by converting the medicine from liquid state into a finespray ofaerosols , to be inhaled through the nose or mouth. The conversion of liquid medicine is performed by means ofoxygen orcompressed air orultrasonic vibration, which differ from the aerosolizing means used byinhalers andvaporizers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
Etymologies
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Examples
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A "nebulizer" can be handy for turning a colloidal silver solution into a fine mist that one may inhale to help battle lung infections.
Matthew Stein: When a Superbug Strikes Close to Home, How Can You Deal With it? 2009
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Also available in pill or liquid form (an oral preparation as syrup) or as a liquid for a nebulizer that mixes it into a mist for inhalation.
Glossary 2010
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My just 2 yr old son has had his own nebulizer since he was 11 months.
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Ms. Granoff also uses a carbon-filter mask to screen out scents and particulates and carries a portable nebulizer and an epinephrine pen for emergencies.
Adult Mystery: Sudden 'Allergy' Melinda Beck 2011
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Now, at four, he brings me his nebulizer with a wheezy “I need a treatment, mommy” in the middle of difficult nights.
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It can be administered by inhaler or nebulizer and is often used to prevent exercise-induced asthma symptoms when used 15 to 30 minutes before exercise or sports activity.
Glossary 2010
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It's a chance for him to be with other kids who are also getting meds, sleeping with oxygen, doing nebulizer treatments.
Kids of Courage takes ill youths on cross-country adventure 2011
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Liquid medicine is placed in the nebulizer cup and converted into small droplets that remain in the mist long enough to be inhaled into the lungs.
Glossary 2010
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If your child has asthma you should also bring along his/medications as well as his nebulizer, spacer, etc.
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We have to do the nebulizer for croup, and one of the masks we got looks like one of the Backyardigans.
hernesheir commented on the word nebulizer
I always think "nebbish" when I hear this word, so I would never use the apparatus.
December 11, 2010