[n. of action f. ATOMIZE: see -ATION.] The process of reducing to very minute particles, spec. in Med. of reducing liquids to a fine spray.
1871. Napheys, Prev. & Cure Dis., III. iv. 688. This method is called the atomization of fluids.
1875. H. Wood, Therap. (1879), 522. The use of drugs by atomization … A solution of the medicine is broken up by a mechanical contrivance into a fine spray and projected into the back of the mouth.
