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inhaler

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inhaler
a device for breathing in therapeutic vapours through the nose or mouth, esp one for relieving nasal congestion or asthma

inhaler [in′hā·lər]
(medicine)
A device containing a solid medication through which air is drawn into the air passages.
An atomizer containing a liquid medication.
(mining engineering)
An apparatus, of different forms, for permitting the supply of fresh air to a miner.


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s state sponsored businesses, said her division was able to document increased utilization of inhalers among its target group, and the gaps in compliance among different ethnic groups narrowed.
A person could simply breathe in insulin using a device that works like a large asthma inhaler The insulin is then absorbed by the lungs and shuttled into the bloodstream.
VALENCIA - A local biomedical firm developing an insulin inhaler treatment for diabetics said Wednesday it has raised $175 million from a new stock issue and other investment to help finance final clinical trials.
 
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