inhalation

See also: Inhalation

English

Etymology

From inhale +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪnhəˈleɪʃən/, [ˌɪnɦəˈleɪʃn̩]

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən
• Hyphenation: in‧ha‧la‧tion

Noun

inhalation (countable and uncountable, plural inhalations)

1. The act of inhaling; inbreathing.
   • 1900, Charles W[addell] Chesnutt, chapter I, in The House Behind the Cedars, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.: Houghton, Mifflin and Company […], →OCLC:

     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.

2. The substance (medicament) which is inhaled.

Translations

the act of inhaling

• Arabic: شَهِيق m (šahīq)
• Assamese: উশাহ লোৱা (uxah lüa)
• Belarusian: удыха́нне n (udyxánnje), уды́х m (udýx) (singular)
• Bulgarian: вди́шване (bg) n (vdíšvane)
• Catalan: inhalació f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 吸入 (zh) (xīrù)

• Dutch: inademing (nl) f
• Finnish: sisäänhengitys (fi)
• French: inhalation (fr) f
• Galician: inhalación (gl) f
• German: Inhalieren n, Inhalation (de) f (medical treatment); Einatmen (de) n, Einschnaufen n, Einatmung (de) f (inspiration)
• Indonesian: inhalasi
• Japanese: 吸入 (ja) (きゅうにゅう, kyūnyū), 吸気 (ja) (きゅうき, kyūki)
• Korean: 흡입(吸入) (ko) (heubip), 흡기(吸氣) (ko) (heupgi)
• Latin: inhalatio f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: inhalasjon m

  Nynorsk: inhalasjon m

• Polish: wdech (pl) m, inhalacja (pl) f, wdychanie (pl) n
• Portuguese: inalação (pt) f
• Romanian: inhalare (ro) f
• Russian: вдыха́ние (ru) n (vdyxánije), (therapy) ингаля́ция (ru) f (ingaljácija), вдох (ru) m (vdox) (singular)
• Spanish: inhalación f
• Swedish: inandning (sv) c, inhalation (sv) c
• Tagalog: suludhingahan, sagap
• Telugu: ఉచ్ఛ్వాసము (te) (ucchvāsamu)
• Turkish: inhalasyon
• Ukrainian: вдиха́ння (uk) n (vdyxánnja), вдих (uk) m (vdyx) (singular)
• Zazaki: inhalasyon

the substance which is inhaled

• Assamese: উশাহ (uxah)
• Catalan: inhalació f
• Finnish: lääkehöyry, inhalaatio (fi)
• German: Inhalation (de) f
• Romanian: inhalație (ro) f
• Russian: ингаля́ция (ru) f (ingaljácija)

See also

• inhale

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.na.la.sjɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

inhalation f (plural inhalations)

1. inhalation (all meanings)

Further reading

• “inhalation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.