Lexic.us

Definition of Inhalant

1. Adjective. Inhaling or serving for inhalation. "An inhalant pore"

2. Noun. Something that is inhaled.

3. Noun. A medication to be taken by inhaling it.

Definition of Inhalant

1. a. Inhaling; used for inhaling.

2. n. An apparatus also called an inhaler (which see); that which is to be inhaled.

Definition of Inhalant

1. Adjective. intended for inhaling ¹

2. Noun. something, especially a medication, that is inhaled ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Inhalant

1. something that is inhaled [n -S]

Medical Definition of Inhalant

1. 1. That which is inhaled; a remedy given by inhalation. 2. A drug (or combination of drugs) with high vapor pressure, carried by an air current into the nasal passage, where it produces its effect. 3. Group of products consisting of finely powdered or liquid drugs that are carried to the respiratory passages by the use of special devices such as low pressure aerosol containers. Synonym: insufflation. See: inhalation, aerosol. Origin: see inhalation (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Inhalant

inhabitativeness inhabited inhabiter inhabiters inhabitest inhabiteth inhabiting inhabitiveness inhabitor inhabitors

inhabitress inhabitresses inhabits inhabitting inhalable inhalant (current term) inhalants inhalation inhalation anaesthesia inhalation anaesthetic

inhalation analgesia inhalation anesthesia inhalation anesthetic inhalation anthrax inhalation exposure inhalation general anaesthetic inhalation general anesthetic inhalation therapy inhalational inhalational injury

Literary usage of Inhalant

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

1. Maintaining Budgetary Discipline: Spending and Revenue Options edited by Sherry Snyder (1999)
"inhalant Use inhalants are defined as fumes or gases that are inhaled to produce a high. They include common household substances such as glues, aerosols, ..."

2. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company (1888)
"Alcohol, qs to make 5 iv inhalant No. 12, Ether. inhalant No. i, of each 5 j. ... inhalant No. i, 3 v. MALT PREPARATIONS. We are desirous of directing the ..."

3. Descriptive catalogue of the laboratory products of Parke, Davis & Company by Parke, Davis & Company (1894)
"inhalant No. I $ 35 for use as a base, or diluent, for inhalants. ... inhalant No. 2 I oo other objectionable agents, used in process of purification, ..."

4. Problems of Drug Dependence: Proceedings of the 58th Annual Scientific Meeting by Louie S. Harrie (1999)
"I would like to discuss four topics concerning inhalant abuse. I want to 1) describe areas of research that are needed, 2) provide some evidence on its ..."

5. National Household Survey on Drug Abuse: Main Findings, (1993) by Wai Choy, Dean R. Gerstein, Rashna Ghadialy, Felicia Gray (1998)
"In 1992 for the 18-25 age group, lifetime inhalant use was higher in large than in small metropolitan areas; in 1993, however, small metropolitan areas had ..."

6. Children Who Abuse Chemicals by Paul H. Wiener (1993)
"The inhalant Abuse Demonstration Project mandated by the Legislature was awarded as a contract to the Community University Health Care Center ..."

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