vapournoun
UK US vapor uk/ˈveɪ.pər/us/-pɚ/vapour noun (GAS)
[ C or U ] gas or extremely small drops of liquid that result from the heating of a liquid or solid:
The hollow glass tank contains hot mercury vapour.
Poisonous vapours burst out of the factory during the accident.
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Physics: the state of matter
- absorbency
- acid
- acidic
- compress
- filtrate
- granulated
- gritty
- heavy water
- limy
- liquid
- molten
- non-flammable
- plasma
- powder
- powdered
- pressurized
- runny
- slurry
- sulphur
- thin
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vapour noun (ILLNESS)
the vapours [ plural ] old-fashioned
a condition in which someone suddenly feels ill and weak, usually because of a shock
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Disorders of muscles & the nervous system
- acoustic neuroma
- akinetic-rigid HD
- ALS
- Alzheimer's
- amyloid plaque
- atrophy
- catalepsy
- chronic fatigue syndrome
- cramp
- Morton's metatarsalgia
- motor neuron disease
- Moyamoya disease
- multiple system atrophy
- muscular dystrophy
- myasthenia gravis
- persistent vegetative state
- rabid
- rabies
- spasm
- writer's cramp
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