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vaporole

vaporole noun: a thin glass capsule containing a volatile drug wrapped in cotton wool and enclosed in a silk bag, to be crushed in the fingers so as to permit inhalation.

Noun

vaporole (plural vaporoles)

  1. (historical) A thin glass capsule containing a volatile drug wrapped in cotton wool and enclosed in a silk bag, to be crushed in the fingers so as to permit inhalation.

Forms of vaporole

pluralvaporoles

Questions about vaporole

What does vaporole mean?
Vaporole means a thin glass capsule containing a volatile drug wrapped in cotton wool and enclosed in a silk bag, to be crushed in the fingers so as to permit inhalation.
What part of speech is vaporole?
Vaporole is a noun.
What is the plural of vaporole?
The plural of vaporole is vaporoles.

Words near vaporole in the dictionary

  1. vaporizers
  2. vaporizes
  3. vaporizing
  4. vaporless
  5. vaporlike
  6. vaporole
  7. vaporoles
  8. vaporometer
  9. vaporometers
  10. vaporose
  11. vaporosities

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