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Definition of Insufflate

1. Verb. Breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit.

2. Verb. Treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity.

3. Verb. Blow or breathe hard on or into.

Definition of Insufflate

1. a. To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon.

Definition of Insufflate

1. Verb. (transitive) To breathe or blow into or on. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive medicine) To inhale (a powder etc.). ¹

4. Verb. (transitive ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insufflate

1. [v -FLATED, -FLATING, -FLATES]

Medical Definition of Insufflate

1. May involve injection of carbon dioxide into the peritoneum to achieve pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy and laparoscopic surgery. Origin: L. In-sufflo, to blow on or into (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insufflate

insuccations insuccess insuck insucken insucking insudate insuetude insufferable insufferableness insufferably

insufficience insufficiencies insufficiency insufficient insufficiently insufflate (current term) insufflated insufflates insufflating insufflation

insufflation anaesthesia insufflations insufflator insufflators insuitable insula insulable insulae insulant insulants

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