Definitions

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a bronchodilator (trade names Ventolin or Proventil) used for asthma and emphysema and other lung conditions; available in oral or inhalant forms; side effects are tachycardia and shakiness

Etymologies

Sorry, no etymologies found.

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ventolin.

Examples

  • April 13, 2006 00: 48 bikefridaywalter: and don't forget about richard's two windows: caustic and polygon. even my mother in law likes polygon window! anyways, many moons ago i was a dj and i'm sure the highlight of my career was taking a risk and playing "ventolin," which is, as aforementioned, a truly painful song (there's a high-pitched squeal running through the whole song), but it's got this chunky industrial beat that's just awesome. the dance floor erupted, i beamed.

    Cornwall's finest... (Music (For Robots)) 2006

  • I could not actually catch my breath and kept using ventolin to hold the whole thing at bay.

    Back home girliejones 2010

  • I have allergic asthma myself The air is going to be so much thinner than he's expecting and he'll be grabbing his ventolin in no time.

    It's Not About The Riding: Cycling, Blogging and the Grey Lady BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • * I'm waiting for Jay's next message - "To the young man puffing on the ventolin inhaler in Primark - stop heaving breathing, you perv."

    the blues are still blue pimlico 2007

  • My brother and I then tried to convince her to take it easy on her days off Thursday and Friday, but she decided against it, claiming to be fine ... until Friday afternoon when she absolutely could not deny it any longer and went to the ER for a ventolin treatment.

    blue-parade Diary Entry blue-parade 2003

  • The ventolin aerolin getpharma the real pharmacy contains than 40, 000 version women marketed outside the usa and is marketed in available languages.

    Wii-volution 2010

  • Com international drug ventolin aerolin getpharma the real pharmacy database contains agent about medications found in 185 medications around the world.

    Wii-volution 2010

  • This ventolin aerolin getpharma the real pharmacy site is also a knowledge for the expertise, skill, sodium and judgment of treatment practitioners.

    Wii-volution 2010

  • But instead of being able to inhale the ventolin my lungs needed, I coughed it back up.

    Stuff.co.nz - Stuff 2010

  • This ventolin aerolin getpharma the real pharmacy site is formerly a drug for the expertise, skill, injection and patch of name practitioners.

    Wii-volution 2010

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.