'Inhalation' definitions:
Definition of 'inhalation'
From: WordNet
noun
The act of inhaling; the drawing in of air (or other gases) as in breathing [syn: inhalation, inspiration, aspiration, intake, breathing in]
noun
A medication to be taken by inhaling it [syn: inhalant, inhalation]
Definition of 'Inhalation'
From: GCIDE
- Inhalation \In`ha*la"tion\, n. [Cf. F. inhalation.] The act of inhaling; also, that which is inhaled. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'inhalation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- air current,
- Aqua-Lung,
- artificial respiration,
- aspiration,
- asthmatic wheeze,
- breath,
- breath of air,
- breathing,
- broken wind,
- cough,
- crosscurrent,
- current,
- current of air,
- downdraft,
- draft,
- exhalation,
- expiration,
- exsufflation,
- fall wind,
- flow of air,
- following wind,
- gasp,
- gulp,
- hack,
- head wind,
- hiccup,
- indraft,
- inflow,
- inhalator,
- inhalement,
- inrush,
- inspiration,
- insufflation,
- iron lung,
- jetstream,
- katabatic wind,
- monsoon,
- mouth-to-mouth resuscitation,
- movement of air,
- oxygen mask,
- oxygen tent,
- pant,
- puff,
- respiration,
- scuba,
- sigh,
- sneeze,
- sniff,
- sniffle,
- snore,
- snoring,
- snuff,
- snuffle,
- sternutation,
- stertor,
- stream,
- stream of air,
- suck,
- sucking,
- suction,
- suspiration,
- tail wind,
- undercurrent,
- updraft,
- wheeze,
- wind