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# inhalation

«inhalation» in Mova's school dictionary: **Breathing air, smoke or medicine into your lungs** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (inhalation, an inhalation)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Breathing air, smoke or medicine into your lungs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/#m1)

2) A medicine or steam you breathe in. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons on breathing: inhalation (breathing in) and exhalation (breathing out); the diaphragm moves down when you inhale. In health and safety: smoke inhalation is the main danger in fires, and asthma inhalers deliver medicine by inhalation. Phrases: smoke inhalation, deep inhalation.

### examples

- Inhalation fills your lungs with air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/#x1)
- Smoke inhalation is very dangerous in a fire. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/#x2)
- Asthma medicine is taken by inhalation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/#x3)
- Take a deep inhalation and hold it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/#x4)
- During inhalation, your chest gets bigger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/#x5)
- Steam inhalation can help a blocked nose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/#x6)

### note

Verb: inhale; device: inhaler. Opposite: exhalation (breathing out). Safety: in a fire, stay low under the smoke because smoke inhalation can kill.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «inhalation» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/inhalation/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.