inhalation
pronunciation
How to pronounce inhalation in British English:
UK [ˌɪnhə'leɪʃn]
How to pronounce inhalation in American English:
US [ˌɪnhəˈleʃən]
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- Noun:
- the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing
- a medication to be taken by inhaling it
Word Origin
- inhalation (n.)
- 1620s, noun of action from past participle stem of Latin inhalare (see inhale).
Example
- 1. Steve suffered smoke inhalation and minor burns , and shrapnel from the explosion broke a tooth .
- 2. The researchers think some bugs can probably survive in the smoke . ( Inhalation sound ) a hhhhh .
- 3. It is not fire or smoke inhalation that is the number one irregular cause of death among firefighters , but heart attacks .
- 4. It is a distribution agreement for a device that uses miniaturised breath-operated inhalation technology rather than tobacco to deposit nicotine in the lungs .
- 5. Usage of ether and chloroform later declined after the development of safer , more effective inhalation anesthetics , and they are no longer used in surgery today .