"dry powder inhaler" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: dry powder inhalers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} dry powder inhaler (plural dry powder inhalers)
  1. (medicine) A device with a canister holding a medicine in a dry powder form, ready to be sucked or sprayed out as aerosols, with the purpose of being inhaled by a patient into the lungs, commonly used for the treatment of asthma and other types of respiratory diseases. Wikipedia link: dry powder inhaler Categories (topical): Medicine Synonyms: DPI Related terms: metered-dose inhaler
    Sense id: en-dry_powder_inhaler-en-noun--wfKPirB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Topics: medicine, sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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