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nasal spray

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noun

  1. a liquid medication that can be atomized and inhaled into or through the nose.


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The vaccine is given intranasally -- such as through a nasal spray -- and provides wide ranging protection in the lungs that lasts for months.

From Science Daily

Pulendran estimates that two doses delivered as a nasal spray could be sufficient for people.

From Science Daily

"Imagine getting a nasal spray in the fall months that protects you from all respiratory viruses including COVID-19, influenza, respiratory syncytial virus and the common cold, as well as bacterial pneumonia and early spring allergens," Pulendran said.

From Science Daily

"In that paper, we speculated that since we now know how the tuberculosis vaccine is mediating its cross-protective effects, it would be possible to make a synthetic vaccine, perhaps a nasal spray, that has the right combination of toll-like receptor stimuli and some antigen to get the T cells into the lungs," Pulendran said.

From Science Daily

A single nasal spray vaccine could protect against all coughs, colds and flus, as well as bacterial lung infections, and may even ease allergies, say US researchers.

From BBC