inhalation

Synonyms for inhalation

noun assimilation, incorporation

noun. absorption

noun. respiration

noun. a puff while smoking

noun. breathing

noun. smell of an odor

1620s, noun of action from past participle stem of Latin inhalare (see inhale).

Inhalation and exhalation should be gradual and natural, not spasmodic.

With every inhalation he choked, filling his mouth and nostrils more with dust than with air.

The benefit derived from the inhalation of steam is considerable.

Then it occurred to Cheenbuk to apply the power of suction instead of inhalation.

Give ether or chloroform by inhalation, and chloral internally.

Bleaching is dangerous owing to the inhalation of chloral fumes.

Spirocide is administered by means of fumigation and inhalation.

Usually by inhalation; 45—75 ♏, evaporated spontaneously in room.

Of these the inhalation of clay and flint dust was the more important.

The inhalation of the vapour of a little tar liquefied by heat is said to often produce considerable relief.