vaporizer

English

Alternative forms

vaporiser (UK)
vapouriser (UK)
vapourizer

Etymology

vaporize +‎ -er

Noun

vaporizer (plural vaporizers)

A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke.
(medicine) A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.

Coordinate terms

vape, nebulizer

Translations

heating element device

Spanish: vaporizador m

device

Esperanto: vaporigilo

Spanish: vaporizador m

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