INSUFFLATE

insufflate

(verb) blow or breathe hard on or into

insufflate

(verb) treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity

insufflate

(verb) breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Verb

insufflate (third-person singular simple present insufflates, present participle insufflating, simple past and past participle insufflated)

(transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.

(transitive, medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.

(transitive, medicine) To inhale (a powder etc.).

(transitive, ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Source: Wiktionary


In*suf"flate, a. [See Insufflation.]

Definition: To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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