inhale
She died from poisoning by carbon monoxide due to inhalation of fumes.
A drop or two of eucalyptus oil added to water for steam inhalation gives excellent relief in common colds.
He became seriously ill following accidental inhalation of baby powder.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
aerobic
asphyxia
asphyxiation
aspirate
breathable
breathe (something) in
choke
draw breathphrase
expire
hyperventilation
non-breathing
out of breath
pant
puff
puffed
puffed out
puffer
stifle
strangulation
suffocate

Examples of inhalation

inhalation
Over time, the daily inhalation of dust particles less than ten microns in diameter resulted in a deadly fibrotic scarring of the lungs.
In short, besides being necessary combustibles for the inhalation cure, inalienable possessions are also pledges of their owner's responsibility for scaring the victim.
This difference was most prominent after pulmonary vasodilation with oxygen inhalation.
I often had, with all care and preparation for inhalation, too little breath, and sometimes, when not giving special thought to it, more than enough.
The vasodilating effect of nitric oxide was revealed rapidly after its administration, and values returned to the baseline within minutes of cessation of inhalation.
Further studies are needed to clarify if inhalation of nitric oxide represents a new therapeutic tool, able to improve clinical outcomes.
After cessation of inhalation of nitric seen after drug loading in our study.
After cessation of inhalation, sufficient time (at least 30 min) was allowed for the hemodynamic values to return to baseline.
The inhalation of 5% or 7% carbon dioxide during core cooling made the brain unacceptably acidotic.
On the 'physical plane', the singers produce the same sounds by means of inhalation and exhalation while the instrumentalists generate sustained tones through circular breathing.
Humans are thought to be infected by inhalation of aerosolized rodent excreta.
Inhalation of stomach contents regurgitated from the dilated stomach either during labour, or in the immediate postnatal period occurs.
Saturation in the left pulmonary vein was increased from 49% to 53% by inhalation of oxygen.
The hemodynamic measurement was repeated after 10 min inhalation.
For scored inhalations and exhalations, see bars 28, 33, 55, 57, 59, 60 and 61.
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