# vaporizer

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #52,082

## Definitions
1. A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
2. A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid solution with medicine. The produced vapor condensates into fine aerosols, forming a mist inside the device, to be inhaled by the patient for delivery of the medicine into the lungs.

## Etymology
From vaporiz(e) + -er.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vaporizer