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inhalant

inhalant adjective: intended for inhaling.

Adjective

inhalant (not comparable)

  1. Intended for inhaling.

Noun

inhalant (plural inhalants)

  1. Something, especially a medication, that is inhaled.
    • There are three theories about what caused the cardiac arrest, Kramp said: The inhalant could have oversensitized the patient’s heart, which can make any subsequent stress, like getting caught by a parent, cause cardiac arrest. Also, inhalants decrease the strength of contraction of the heart...2018 November 15, Nina Avramova, “19-year-old dies after inhaling deodorant spray to get high”, in CNN
    • On social media and beyond, many have taken to using the brand’s name in a more colloquial fashion, with “Galaxy Gas” being used as a catchall for nitrous oxide inhalants at large, regardless of whether they are actually Galaxy Gas products or not.2024 September 23, Trace William Cowen, “What the Hell Is Galaxy Gas?”, in Complex

inhalant meaning in Tamil, Bengali and Kannada

inhalant in Tamil

மூச்சு மருந்து, மூச்சிழுத்தற்பொருள்

inhalant in Bengali

শ্বসনযন্ত্র, শ্বাসযন্ত্র

inhalant in Kannada

ಉಸಿರೆಳೆಕ, ಸೇದಿಕ, ಸೇದಿಕಮದ್ದು

Forms of inhalant

pluralinhalants

Origin of inhalant

From inhale + -ant.

Words formed from inhalant

Questions about inhalant

What does inhalant mean?
Inhalant means intended for inhaling.
What is inhalant in Tamil?
Inhalant in Tamil is மூச்சு மருந்து, மூச்சிழுத்தற்பொருள். See Inhalant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is inhalant?
Inhalant can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near inhalant in the dictionary

  1. inhabits
  2. inhabitting
  3. inhabs.
  4. inhalability
  5. inhalable
  6. inhalant
  7. inhalants
  8. inhalation
  9. inhalational
  10. inhalations
  11. inhalative

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Adapted from Wiktionary: inhalant (page history and authors); inhalant (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhalant (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); inhalant (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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