vaporizer

noun4

1. •
   A device with a heating element, used to vaporize a liquid.
2. •
   Such a device to facilitate vaping.

   • Vaporizers are used in electronic cigarettes to simulate smoke.
3. •
   A medical device for administering medicine via inhalation. 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.
4. •
   A device that heated viscous liquid motor fuel, especially tractor vaporising oil, to enable an engine to run on it.

   • Their Fordson was equipped with a vaporizer.