Found 2 items, similar to Insufflation.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: insufflation
insufflation
n 1: (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs
(or into some other body cavity)
2: an act of blowing or breathing on or into something
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Insufflation
Insufflation
\In`suf*fla"tion\, n. [L. insuffatio: cf. F.
insuffation. See
In- in, and
Sufflation.]
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.
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