| vaporiser | 1. An apparatus for reducing medicated liquids to a state of vapor suitable for inhalation or application to accessible mucous membranes. See: nebuliser, atomiser. 2. A device for volatizing liquid anaesthetics. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| temperature-compensated vaporiser | A vaporiser of liquid anaesthetics with graduated settings calibrated to deliver a known constant concentration of a specific anaesthetic despite changes in inflow volume and despite cooling brought about by vaporization. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| flow-over vaporiser | A device for vaporization of a liquid anaesthetic by causing gases to pass over the anaesthetic or over material saturated with the anaesthetic. (05 Mar 2000) |