Definition of "inhalation" []

• The act or an instance of inhaling. (noun)
• An inhalant. (noun)

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• "Even after evacuation, long-term inhalation of ash and exposure to fluorine may result in reduced productivity."
• "His Nikes compressed on the asphault and the sound of his inhalation was the only noise on the country road."
• "As Doctor Larry Bush just related, they believe this was contracted in the general area of Lantana, Florida, but nevertheless, federal officials sparing no expense and no time to try to find everything they can about where this man, where he traveled, and what he might have ingested or what he might have breathed that could have given him this -- what is described as inhalation anthrax -- Bill."