See Also: Continental Divide(encyclopedia)
Continental Divide(dictionary)
Herbal medicine (botanical medicine, herbology, phytomedicine)(health)
divide(2)(dictionary)
divide(1)(dictionary)
divide(medicine)
Divide et Empera(money)
divide 2, noun(dictionary)
divide 1, verb(dictionary)
Great Divide(dictionary)

atomiser (medicine) and Continental Divide (oh)


atomiser (medicine)


atomiser


A device used to reduce liquid medication to fine particles in the form of a spray or aerosol; useful in delivering medication to the nose and throat.

See: nebuliser, vaporiser.

Origin: G. Atomos, indivisible particle


Continental Divide (oh)



the Continental Divide
also the Great Divide
the chain of high mountains that goes from north to south in North America. They divide the rivers which flow into the Pacific Ocean from those which flow into the Atlantic Ocean or the Gulf of Mexico.