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A medication to be taken by inhalation
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inhalant
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Word definitions for inhalant in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1825 (adj.), c.1830 (n.)., from Latin inhalantem , present participle of inhalare (see inhale ).
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. used in or intended for inhaling; "available in oral or inhalant forms" n. something that is inhaled a medication to be taken by inhaling it [syn: inhalation ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Inhalants are a broad range of intoxicative drugs whose gases or volatile vapors are breathed in via the nose or mouth . They are taken by room temperature volatilization or from a pressurized container (e.g., nitrous oxide ), and do not include drugs that ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Inhalant \In*hal"ant\, n. An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); also, that which is to be inhaled, especially a medicine taken by inhalation.
Usage examples of inhalant.
Sitor Ananta objects, adjusting his noseplug to admit more vasopressin to his inhalant, sharpening his verbal ability.
In the form of Compound Tincture of Benzoin, it is used as an inhalant with steam in laryngitis and bronchitis.
I replaced our filters with stronger ones and let the new inhalants loose in the company room while the Jiwa was laughing at Worlds Wide Wrestling.
We had a blessed half hour to enjoy each other before the inhalants wore off and the Jiwa bellowed our names.
Then more intoxicants: beverages, inhalants, tablets, all promising instant happiness.
Damn it, I was in that noneffective percentage—I took the inhalant less than a day after I first felt the fever, right in the prescribed time range, and I was still out of commission for a good ten days.