ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Vaporizer

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Vaporizer is a noun meaning A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.

Meaning

A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.

More Meanings

  1. (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.

Example Sentences

Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include spray, mist, pipe, vapouriser, vaporiser, vape.

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