English Explanatory Dictionary

nebulize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To convert liquid into a fine spray of aerosols, by using a nebulizer; to atomize
  2. To treat a patient with medicine applied using a nebulizer

Word forms

nebulize nebulizes nebulizing nebulized nebulise

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”) + -ize.

Related words

pulverize vaporize
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