Insufflate

What do we mean by insufflate?

To blow or breathe into or on. transitive verb

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

To blow into; specifically, in medicine, to treat by insufflation. See insufflation, 3.

Eccles., to breathe upon, especially upon catechumens or the water of baptism. See insufflation, 2.

To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon. adjective

To breathe or blow into or on. verb

To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity. verb

To inhale (a powder etc.). verb

To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act. verb

Breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit verb

Treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity verb

Blow or breathe hard on or into verb

To breathe or blow into or on.

To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.

To inhale (a powder etc.).

To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Words that are spelled similarly to insufflate:
insufflate, insulate, sufflate, exsufflate, insufflated, insufflator, insufflates.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective insufflate:
air, oxygen.

Words that sound like insufflate:
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