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NEBULIZER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does nebulizer mean?
• NEBULIZER (noun)
The noun NEBULIZER has 1 sense:
1. a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
Familiarity information: NEBULIZER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
atomiser; atomizer; nebuliser; nebulizer; spray; sprayer
Hypernyms ("nebulizer" is a kind of...):
dispenser (a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "nebulizer"):
airbrush (an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air)
Context examples
Nebulizer pumps air or oxygen through a liquid medicine to turn it into a vapor, which is then inhaled by the patient.
(Nebulizer, NCI Thesaurus)
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