Inhalation

Noun

 * 1) The act of inhaling
 * 2) *1900, Charles W. Chesnutt, The House Behind the Cedars, Chapter I,
 * The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined. She held the flower to her face with a long-drawn inhalation, then went up the steps, crossed the piazza, opened the door without knocking, and entered the house with the air of one thoroughly at home.
 * 1) The substance (medicament) which is inhaled.

Thesaurus
Aqua-Lung, air current, 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

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 * Romanian: inhalare
 * Telugu: ఉచ్ఛ్వాసము (ucchvaasamu)


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Noun

 * 1)  all meanings

Noun

 * 1) the act of inhaling
 * 2) the substance (medicament) which is inhaled