Inhaler vs Aerosol - What's the difference?
inhaler | aerosol |
One who inhales.
* 1963 , Consumers Union of United States, Consumer reports (volume 28, page 277)
(medicine) A device with a canister holding medicine (either in powder or gas form) which is sprayed and inhaled by the patient, often for treating asthma and other respiratory diseases.
A liquid or solid composed of finely divided particles suspended in a gaseous medium.
:Examples of common aerosols are mist, fog, and smoke. (JCS Pub. 1-02).
A gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either as a solid, liquid, or gas, which forces another substance out of a spray can.
(physics) A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air.
As nouns the difference between inhaler and aerosol
is that inhaler is one who inhales while aerosol is a liquid or solid composed of finely divided particles suspended in a gaseous medium.inhaler
English
(wikipedia inhaler)Noun
(en noun)- The exposure of the mouse lungs to smoke was, of course, relatively mild as compared with the exposure of the lungs of a human smoke-inhaler who gets true cancer.
Derived terms
* metered-dose inhaler * dry powder inhalerAnagrams
* ----aerosol
English
(wikipedia aerosol)Noun
(en noun)- An aerosol was used to force the flea powder out of the can.
