verb
- to convert a liquid into a fine mist or spray, typically for inhalation or medical treatment
- to reduce to a cloud or mist; to make nebulous or cloudy
Usage: British spelling; American English typically uses 'nebulize'; commonly used in medical and pharmaceutical contexts
Usage: less common usage; more literary or technical
Examples
- The doctor prescribed a nebuliser to help the patient breathe the medication.
- The device nebulises the saline solution into tiny droplets.
- Patients with asthma often use nebulised treatments for quick relief.
- The machine nebulises the liquid medicine for easier inhalation.
- The pharmaceutical company developed a new way to nebulise the drug.
- Steam from the kettle began to nebulise the kitchen air.