inhalation
IPA: ɪnʌɫˈeɪʃʌn
noun
- The act of inhaling; inbreathing.
- The substance (medicament) which is inhaled.
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Examples of "inhalation" in Sentences
- His Nikes compressed on the asphault and the sound of his inhalation was the only noise on the country road.
- Even after evacuation, long-term inhalation of ash and exposure to fluorine may result in reduced productivity.
- On autopsy, the cause looked for all the world like anthrax, in the same unusual form - so-called inhalation anthrax - that terrified the nation in 2001.
- In many cases of extraction of the temporary teeth of children, I make them at the instant I grasp the tooth take _one_ very violent inhalation, which is sufficient.
- Hiccups, more officially referred to as singultus, from Latin - to catch your breath while sobbing are repeated, spasmodic contractions of the diaphragm causing a quick inhalation, which is then cut short by an involuntary closing of the glottis.
- EPA allowed toxic chemicals to harm poor Katrina victims: A GAO report revealed that EPA publicly downplayed the risk of asbestos inhalation, which is often released during home demolition, to city residents and failed to deploy air monitors in predominantly African-American neighborhoods.
- As Doctor Larry Bush just related, they believe this was contracted in the general area of Lantana, Florida, but nevertheless, federal officials sparing no expense and no time to try to find everything they can about where this man, where he traveled, and what he might have ingested or what he might have breathed that could have given him this -- what is described as inhalation anthrax -- Bill.
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