Word: vaporizer
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: va
por
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er
Definition: 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.
Morphemes:
Affix: vape
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To inhale the vapor produced by a non-combustible cigarette, most commonly an electronic cigarette.
Affix: -or
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Creates an agent noun, indicating a person who does something.
Affix: -ize
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form verbs from nouns or adjectives
Affix: -er
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun.