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INSUFFLATION
insufflation
(noun) an act of blowing or breathing on or into something
insufflation
(noun) (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
insufflation (countable and uncountable, plural insufflations)
The action of breathing or blowing into or on.
The result of breathing or blowing into or on.
The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism
Source: Wiktionary
In`suf*fla"tion, n. Etym: [L. insuffatio: cf. F. insuffation. See In- in, and Sufflation.]
Definition: The act of breathing on or into anything; especially: (a) (R. C. Ch.) The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life. (b) (Med.) The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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22 September 2024
SPRINGBOARD
(noun) a beginning from which an enterprise is launched; “he uses other people’s ideas as a springboard for his own”; “reality provides the jumping-off point for his illusions”; “the point of departure of international comparison cannot be an institution but must be the function it carries out”
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