inhalation
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See also: Inhalation
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inhalation (countable and uncountable, plural inhalations)
- The act of inhaling; inbreathing.
- 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass., New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:
- The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined. She held the flower to her face with a long-drawn inhalation, then went up the steps, crossed the piazza, opened the door without knocking, and entered the house with the air of one thoroughly at home.
- The substance (medicament) which is inhaled.
Translations[edit]
the act of inhaling
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the substance which is inhaled
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French[edit]
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Noun[edit]
inhalation f (plural inhalations)
- inhalation (all meanings)
Further reading[edit]
- “inhalation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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