inhalationn.
/ɪnhəˈleɪʃən/ 1. The action, or an act, of inhaling or breathing in; spec. inhaling of medicines or anæsthetics in the form of gas or vapour.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [noun]
inbreathing1382
draught1490
attraction1528
inspiring1528
inspiration1564
inhalation1623
inhaling1820
insufflation1823
inhalement1840
inhaustion1854
inbreath1921
1623 H. Cockeram Eng. Dict. Inhalation, a breathing in.
1758 J. Mackenzie Hist. Health 286 Our inhalation from the circumambient air is very considerable.
1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic x. 256 When the inhalation is completed, or the lungs filled.
1832 E. Bulwer-Lytton Eugene Aram I. i. ii. 23 He took an unusually long inhalation from his pipe.
1836 J. M. Gully tr. F. Magendie Formulary (ed. 2) 127 Inhalation of chlorine..has also been recommended.
1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals I. i. 166 The medicine of inhalation is still in its infancy.
1875 A. W. Bennett & W. T. T. Dyer tr. J. von Sachs Text-bk. Bot. 646 In some flowers and inflorescences the production of carbon dioxide which accompanies the inhalation of oxygen is very energetic.
2. Medicine. A preparation to be inhaled in the form of vapour.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > other miscellaneous medicines > [noun] > medicines to be burnt, smoked, or inhaled
suffite1621
suffiment1650
vaporary1657
cigarette1876
medicated candle1880
inhalation1882
1882 J. C. Thorowgood in Quain's Med. Dict. 711/1 Oil of turpentine or of pinus silvestris..makes excellent stimulant inhalations in cases of dilated bronchi.
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inhaˈlational adj. chiefly Medicine of, involving, or by means of inhalation.
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the world > life > the body > respiratory organs > breathing > inhalation > [adjective]
attracted1545
drawn1590
inbreathed1645
inspireda1657
inspiring1661
anhelant1765
inspiratory1773
indrawn1810
inhaling1820
inhalant1825
inhalational1944
the world > health and disease > healing > medical treatment > types of treatment generally > [adjective] > other miscellaneous treatments
sublimate1585
heroical1769
Perkinean1798
Perkinistic1803
heroic1818
adjuvant1834
aggressive1837
calmative1871
bacteriotherapeutic1886
mechanotherapeutic1915
inhalational1944
non-invasive1968
invasive1972
vegetablized1974
multidisciplinarian1985
1944 A. L. Barach (title) Principles and practice of inhalational therapy.
1961 Lancet 19 Aug. 405/2 In the seriously ill, inhalational induction may be preferred.
1978 Nature 27 July 339/2 In fact, surgical anaesthesia is usually maintained using inhalational anaesthetics, so that the corresponding concentrations in the gaseous phase are accurately known.
1985 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 1 June 1609/1 Even with education some patients cannot acquire hand-lung coordination, and an alternative handheld inhalational device may need to be introduced.
1990 N. Baker Room Temperature vii. 52 The tape-played-backward sounds that to the Western ear are characteristic of Russian speech might have inspired him to use the orchestra to simulate inhalational inversions of those traditional phrasal envelopes which build toward or retreat from a cymbal-assisted climax.
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