nebulize
English
verb
Definitions
- To convert liquid into a fine spray of aerosols, by using a nebulizer; to atomize
- (medicine) To treat a patient with medicine applied using a nebulizer
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin nebula (fog, cloud, mist, little cloud, vapour).
Origin
Latin
nebula
Gloss
fog, cloud, mist, little cloud, vapour
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
雲, 曇
Emoji
🌁
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- micronebulizer English
- nebula English
- nebulizer English
- nebula Latin
- nebulosus Latin
- nebbia Italian
- nebula Italian
- nebulosa Italian
- *nébʰos Proto-Indo-European
- nebulozo Esperanto
- neula Catalan, Valencian
- nebra Galician
- negură Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- nevoa Old Portuguese
- negurã Aromanian
- nèbla Occitan
- *neβelā Proto-Italic
- neabla Romansh
- nebla Romansh
- nibel Romansh
- nivel Romansh
- nevla Old Spanish
- negghia Sicilian
- nebia Venetian