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VAPORISER [3 records]

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Record 1 2023-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Smoker's Articles
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Tobacco Industry
DEF

A device that vaporizes a raw material ... for inhalation without requiring the product to be combusted to activate its cannabinoids.

OBS

Two examples of raw materials are dried flowers and concentrates.

Key term(s)
  • vaporiser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Articles de fumeur
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Industrie du tabac
DEF

Outil de consommation qui consiste à chauffer une matière brute [...] pour en vaporiser les ingrédients actifs, ne nécessitant pas la combustion du produit pour activer les cannabinoïdes.

OBS

Les fleurs séchées et les concentrés sont deux exemples de matières brutes.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical Instruments and Devices
  • Routes of Administration (Pharmacology)
DEF

A device or machine for converting a liquid into a fine spray, especially for medical use.

CONT

A medicinal nonventilatory nebulizer (atomizer) is a device that is intended to spray liquid medication in aerosol form into the air that a patient will breathe. ... [Nebulizers are] devices designed to provide aerosolized medication and/or humidification to the patient airways. ... These devices produce both vapor and finely dispersed water droplets in the liquid phase (aerosol mist); they are typically used with a mask or tent or in a breathing circuit. Most nebulizers are either pneumatic (driven by compressed air) or ultrasonic. Most nebulizers include a heating element to provide a warm, humid aerosol. [Nebulizers can be] heated, nonheated or ultrasonic.

Key term(s)
  • nebuliser
  • atomiser
  • vaporiser

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et appareillages médicaux
  • Voies d'administration (Pharmacologie)
DEF

Dispositif permettant de générer un nuage d'aérosol à partir d'une solution ou d'une suspension, en vue de son administration dans les voies aériennes.

CONT

[Les] nébuliseurs pneumatiques […] sont les premiers nébuliseurs à être apparus sur le marché. Ils sont composés de trois parties distinctes : la source de pression qui peut-être un compresseur ou un gaz (oxygène ou air comprimé); le nébuliseur (réservoir, cuve, chambre de nébulisation) dans lequel on introduit la solution à nébuliser; l'embout buccal ou le masque relié au nébuliseur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instrumental médico
  • Vías de administración (Farmacología)
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Record 3 2003-11-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Surgical Equipment
DEF

A device used to convert liquids or solids, especially medicine, into a vapor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement médico-chirurgical
DEF

Appareil destiné à transformer un liquide en vapeur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo médico y quirúrgico
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