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Definition of Aerosolization

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Aerosolization

1. Dispersion in air of a liquid material or a solution in the form of a fine mist, usually for therapeutic purposes, especially to the respiratory passages. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Aerosolization

Literary usage of Aerosolization

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Anthrax Detection: Agencies Need to Validate Sampling Activities in Order to by Keith A. Rhodes (2005)
"To learn the extent of indoor secondary aerosolization of anthrax spores under ... The potential for secondary aerosolization of viable anthrax spores ..."

2. Sensor Systems for Biological Agent Attacks: Protecting Buildings And by Bmed, National Research Council (U.S.), ebrary, Inc (2005)
"... an unsophisticated manner (low energy input to the aerosolization process), most of the organisms could be associated with sizes larger than 10 pm AD. ..."

3. Tuberculosis Resource Guide by P. Heinsohn (1996)
"For medium aerosolization potential, a powered, HEPA filter, ... minimal acceptable respirator and for an indeterminant aerosolization potential; a powered, ..."

4. U. S. Postal Service: Better Guidance Is Needed to Ensure an Appropriate by Mark L. Goldstein (2004)
"A different aerosolization potential is supported by the epidemic curve in the manuscript by Jernigan et al., which shows a higher proportion of ..."

5. Guidelines for Water Reuse by DIANE Publishing Company (1992)
"The concentration of pathogens in aerosols is a function of their concentration in the applied wastewater and the aerosolization efficiency of the spray ..."

6. An International Perspective on Advancing Technologies And Strategies for by Bgh (2005)
"Not only did Aum Shinrikyo obtain a non-lethal vaccine strain of anthrax, it had not mastered the aerosolization technology required to disseminate it.4 ..."

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