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in⋅suf⋅flate

[in-suhf-leyt, in-suh-fleyt]
–verb (used with object), -flat⋅ed, -flat⋅ing.
1. to blow or breathe (something) in.
2. Medicine/Medical. to blow (air or a medicinal substance) into some opening or upon some part of the body.
3. Ecclesiastical. to breathe upon, esp. upon one being baptized or upon the water of baptism.

Origin:
1650–60; < LL insufflātus ptp. of insufflāre to blow into or on. See in- 2 , sufflate


in⋅suf⋅fla⋅tion, noun
in⋅suf⋅fla⋅tor, noun
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in·suf·flate   (ĭn'sə-flāt', ĭn-sŭf'lāt')   
tr.v.   in·suf·flat·ed, in·suf·flat·ing, in·suf·flates
  1. To blow or breathe into or on.

  2. To treat medically by blowing a powder, gas, or vapor into a bodily cavity.


[Latin īnsufflāre, īnsufflāt- : in-, into; see in-2 + sufflāre, to inflate; see soufflé.]
in'suf·fla'tor n.
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insufflate in·suf·flate (ĭn'sə-flāt', ĭn-sŭf'lāt')
v. in·suf·flat·ed, in·suf·flat·ing, in·suf·flates

  1. To blow into, especially to fill the lungs of an asphyxiated person with air, or to blow a medicated vapor, powder, or anesthetic into the lungs, or into any cavity or orifice of the body

  2. To treat by blowing a medicated powder, gas, or vapor into a bodily cavity.


in'suf·fla'tor n.

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