Definition of Insufflator

1. Noun. (non-gloss definition Agent noun of insufflate:) a person or device which insufflates. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Insufflator

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Insufflator

1. An instrument used in insufflation. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Insufflator

insufferable
insufferableness
insufferably
insufficience
insufficiencies
insufficiency
insufficient
insufficiently
insufflate
insufflated
insufflates
insufflating
insufflation
insufflation anaesthesia
insufflations
insufflator (current term)
insufflators
insuitable
insula
insulable
insulae
insulant
insulants
insular
insular Spaniard
insular area
insular arteries
insular cortex
insular gray fox
insular gyri

Literary usage of Insufflator

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

1. The Throat and Nose, and Their Diseases by Lennox Browne (1890)
"VULCANITE insufflator FOR APPLYING MEDICATED POWDERS TO THE THROAT. The portion of the tube a slips up and discloses a receptacle, l>, for the powder. ..."

2. Handbook of gynaecological operations by Alban Henry Griffiths Doran (1887)
"The insufflator is especially desirable when iodoform is applied, as, ... This accident is avoided by the insufflator, provided that it be properly used. ..."

3. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1873)
"L'pool and Man. Med. Reports, 1873, p. 119. : 91.—NEW insufflator FOR TREATING DISEASES OF THE UTERUS. By JOHN CLAY, Esq., Obstetric Surgeon to the ..."

4. The Retrospect of Medicine by William Braithwaite (1873)
"NEW insufflator FOR TREATING DISEASES OF THE UTERUS. By JOHN CLAY, Esq., ... Having used the insufflator (see Lancet, Nov. 30th, 1872) in a number of cases ..."

5. Birmingham Medical Review (1894)
"Powder insufflator. — Messrs. BURROUGHS & WELLCOME send us a new form of powder insufflator, which is a great improvement upon those instruments generally ..."

6. A Textbook of Diseases of the Nose and Throat by David Braden Kyle (1904)
"The insufflator which I consider best for all practical purposes is shown in Fig. 27. Kin. 28.—Globe nebulizer. The nebulizer and the inhaler are ..."

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