VAPORIZER

vaporizer, vaporiser

(noun) a device that puts out a substance in the form of a vapor (especially for medicinal inhalation)

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

vaporizer (plural vaporizers)

A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.

(medicine) A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.

Coordinate terms

• vape, nebulizer

Source: Wiktionary


Vap"o*ri`zer, n.

Definition: One who, or that which, vaporizes, or converts into vapor.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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