dry powder inhaler

English

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.

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