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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

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