Look up: Nebulizer

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   Nebulizer
   An instrument used for applying a liquid in the form of a fine spray.
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   Nebulizer
   an instrument that provides a drug in its misted form through a face mask; used for severe asthma attacks and for children who have asthma but cannot use an inhaler
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   Nebulizer
   An apparatus for reducing a liquid to a fine spray for inhalation. It is used in medicine to treat respiratory diseases (such as an acute asthma attack)
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   Nebulizer
   Nebulizer: A device for administering a medication by spraying a fine mist into the nose. Also known as an atomizer.
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   Nebulizer
   Neb'u·li`zer noun An atomizer.
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   nebulizer
   A device, pressurised by an oxygen tank, for the purpose of converting a liquid medication into a fine mist that can be inhaled. ... (27 Sep 1997) ...
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   Nebulizer
   In medicine, a `nebulizer` is a device used to administer medication to people in forms of a liquid mist to the airways. It is commonly used in treating cystic fibrosis, asthma, and other respiratory diseases. Also called `atomizers`, they pump air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into a vapor, which is then inhaled by the patient. As a general rule, doctors generally prefer to prescribe inhalers for their patients, not only becau...
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   nebulizer
   (neb´u-li″zәr) a device for dispensing liquid in a fine spray; types used include jet and ultrasonic nebulizers. Called also atomizer. small volume nebulizer a pneumatically powered device used to aerosolize medications for delivery to patients. ultrasonic nebul...
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   Nebulizer
   • (n.) An atomizer. • (n.) An atomizer.
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    nebulizer
    nebulizer 1. A device, with a face mask attached, for administering a medicinal liquid in the form of a fine spray that is breathed in through the mouth and/or nose. 2. A device used to reduce liquid medication to extremely fine cloudlike particles; useful in delivering medication to deeper parts of the respiratory tract.
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