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INHALANT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A medication to be taken by inhaling it

Synonyms:

inhalant; inhalation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("inhalant" is a kind of...):

medicament; medication; medicinal drug; medicine ((medicine) something that treats or prevents or alleviates the symptoms of disease)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something that is inhaled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("inhalant" is a kind of...):

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

Derivation:

inhale (draw in (air))

inhale (draw deep into the lungs in by breathing)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Inhaling or serving for inhalation

Example:

an inhalant pore

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

inhalation (the act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing)

Derivation:

inhale (draw in (air))

inhale (draw deep into the lungs in by breathing)

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