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Synonyms

inhalator

American  
[in-huh-ley-ter] / ˈɪn həˌleɪ tər /

noun

  1. an apparatus designed to mix carbon dioxide and oxygen, especially for use in artificial respiration.


inhalator British  
/ ˈɪnhəˌleɪtə /

noun

  1. another name for nebulizer

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of inhalator

An Americanism dating back to 1925–30; inhale + -ator

Example Sentences

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Even 91-year-old Count Keigo Kiyoura came from his sickbed, entering the Palace in a wheel chair, attended by a nurse, bringing with him an oxygen inhalator.

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Most of the time he stays in the big tank, but for five or six hours a day he can get along with a light, chest-sized inhalator which he wears sitting propped up in bed.

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Said Molony, after hurriedly accepting for some 200 employes, "They almost had to apply an inhalator to me."

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The inhalator gizmo was explained to me by a lovely young nurse in a blue uniform with a pager clipped to her collar.

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Dr. Hingson has made it work at 12,000 ft. in the Andes, and medical student volunteers have used it as an inhalator to escape noxious gases.

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