a device for producing a fine spray of liquid, used for example for inhaling a medicinal drug:he needs to use a nebulizer to get drugs and oxygen to his lungs
Derivatives
nebulize
(also nebulise)verb
Origin:
late 19th century: from Latin nebula 'mist' + -izer(see -ize)
nebulizer in other Oxford dictionaries
Definition of nebulizer in the US English dictionary
