noun
Meaning 1
One who inhales.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
inhaler
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noun
Meaning 2
A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
a dispenser that produces a chemical vapor to be inhaled in order to relieve nasal congestion
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inhalator
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dispenser
History
Etymology
From inhale + -er.
Across languages
Translations
26 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مِنْشَقَة (minšaqa) — canister containing medicine
- Bulgarian: инхалатор (inhalator) — canister containing medicine
- Chinese Mandarin: 吸入器 (xīrùqì) — canister containing medicine
- Chinese Mandarin: 噴藥器 /喷药器 (pēnyàoqì) — canister containing medicine
- Czech: inhalátor — canister containing medicine
- Danish: inhalator — canister containing medicine
- Dutch: inhalator — canister containing medicine
- Finnish: inhalaattori — canister containing medicine
- French: inhalateur — canister containing medicine
- German: Inhalator — canister containing medicine
- Italian: inalatore — canister containing medicine
- Japanese: 吸入器 (kyūnyūki) — canister containing medicine
- Korean: 흡입기 (heubipgi) — canister containing medicine
- Macedonian: инхала́тор (inhalátor) — canister containing medicine
- Macedonian: аероста́т (aerostát) — canister containing medicine
- Norwegian Bokmål: inhalator — canister containing medicine
- Norwegian Nynorsk: inhalator — canister containing medicine
- Polish: inhalator — canister containing medicine
- Portuguese: inalador — canister containing medicine
- Portuguese: bombinha — canister containing medicine
- Romanian: inhalator — canister containing medicine
- Russian: ингаля́тор (ingaljátor) — canister containing medicine
- Spanish: inhalador — canister containing medicine
- Swedish: inhalator — canister containing medicine
- Tagalog: langhapan — canister containing medicine
- Turkish: inhalatör — canister containing medicine