inhaler

Etymology

inhale + -er

noun

  1. One who inhales.
    The exposure of the mouse lungs to smoke was, of course, relatively mild as compared with the exposure of the lungs of a human smoke-inhaler who gets true cancer. 1963, Consumers Union of United States, Consumer reports, volume 28, page 277
  2. (medicine) 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.

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