nebulizer

nebulizer
nebulizer (n.) 1865, agent noun from verb nebulize "to reduce to a mist or spray" (1865), from L. nebula "mist" (see NEBULA (Cf. nebula)) + -IZE (Cf. -ize). Related: Nebulization.

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  • nebulizer — (Amer.) nebjÉ™laɪzÉ™(r) / jÊŠl n. one who makes vaporous; one who obscures (also nebuliser) …   English contemporary dictionary

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  • nebulizer — noun see nebulize …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • nebulizer — See nebulization. * * * …   Universalium

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  • nebulizer —    To form a mist of fine droplets from a liquid. To atomize …   Forensic science glossary

  • nebulizer — or nebuliser nɛbjʊlʌɪzə noun a device for producing a fine spray of liquid, used e.g. for inhaling a medicinal drug. Derivatives nebulize or nebulise verb …   English new terms dictionary

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