Vaporium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Vaporium is a noun meaning A curved hollow metal sheet that is filled with boiling water and used for the therapeutic application of heat.
Meaning
A curved hollow metal sheet that is filled with boiling water and used for the therapeutic application of heat.
More Meanings
- A steam bath (room for taking steam baths).
- A shop where one can buy e-cigarettes and vaping paraphernalia, sometimes with a lounge for smoking them.
Example Sentences
Retail vaporiums sell flavored vapor cartridges -- with or without nicotine.
The vaporium designed by Dr. Percy Wilde was used to treat a limb afflicted with neurological symptoms.
Among the accessories may be a “vaporium,” devised by Dr. Percy Wilde for local application of heat or cold.
Dr. Felix Bricheteau, in the Bull. Gen. de Therup. for July, 1867 recommends the " vaporium," or chamber filled with the vapor of water in pulmonary consumption.
Word Forms
- vaporiums
- vaporia
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include vaporizer, tepidarium, steam, waterbath, thermalism, calorifere.
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