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Definition of Insufflation

1. Noun. (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity).

2. Noun. An act of blowing or breathing on or into something.

Definition of Insufflation

1. n. The act of breathing on or into anything

Definition of Insufflation

1. Noun. The action of breathing or blowing into or on. ¹

2. Noun. The result of breathing or blowing into or on. ¹

3. Noun. The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insufflation

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Insufflation

1. The act of breathing on or into anything; especially: The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body. Origin: L. Insuffatio: cf. F. Insuffation. See In- in, and Sufflation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insufflation

insucking insudate insuetude insufferable insufferableness insufferably insufficience insufficiencies insufficiency insufficient

insufficiently insufflate insufflated insufflates insufflating insufflation (current term) insufflation anaesthesia insufflations insufflator insufflators

insuitable insula insulable insulae insulant insulants insular insular Spaniard insular area insular arteries

Literary usage of Insufflation

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Surgery, Its Principles and Practice by William Williams Keen (1913)
"Intratracheal insufflation.—The method of intratracheal insufflation consists in driving air, by means of external pressure, through a tube which has been ..."

2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1911)
"The Treatment of Strychnine Poisoning by insufflation and Curare. ... They have employed insufflation and curare in the treatment of experimental strychnine ..."

3. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1920)
"The experiments now reported show that intrabronchial insufflation of ... By intrabronchial insufflation 5 cc. of this solution were forced into the ..."

4. Thyroid and Thymus by André Crotti (1922)
"Intratracheal insufflation Anesthesia in Thyroid Surgery seemed at first to be full of promise. ... As is known, before the intratracheal insufflation can ..."

5. Experimental Pharmacology by Hugh McGuigan (1919)
"insufflation Apparatus.—The figure (Fig 3) with the attached legend is ... If too much ether has been given the insufflation with pure air is the best cure. ..."

6. Therapeutic Gazette (1917)
"In pharyngeal insufflation, after the patient is deeply anesthetized, the short catheter is passed through the nares into the pharynx, and the insufflation ..."

7. Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson (1914)
"Bronchoscopic oxygen insufflation. Some experiments made upon the dog by Dr. Otto C. Gaub, with the assistance of the author, showed clearly that the lung ..."

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