insufflate
Americanverb (used with object)
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to blow or breathe (something) in.
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Medicine/Medical. to blow (air or a medicinal substance) into some opening or upon some part of the body.
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Ecclesiastical. to breathe upon, especially upon one being baptized or upon the water of baptism.
verb
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(tr) to breathe or blow (something) into (a room, area, etc)
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med to blow (air, medicated powder, etc) into the lungs or into a body cavity
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(tr) to breathe or blow upon (someone or something) as a ritual or sacramental act, esp so as to symbolize the influence of the Holy Spirit
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Etymology
Origin of insufflate
First recorded in 1650–60; from Late Latin insufflātus, past participle of insufflāre “to blow into or on”; see origin at in- 2, sufflate
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If the trachea is not immediately opened, artificial respiration instituted, and oxygen insufflated, the patient dies on the table.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
Not wholly insufflated the blackbirds in the rain upon the dead topbranches of the living tree, stuck fast to the low clouds, notate the dawn.
From Sour Grapes A Book of Poems by William Carlos Williams
Intratracheally insufflated ether is the anesthesia of choice.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
For bronchoscopy, ether or chloroform may be started in the usual way and continued by insufflating through the branch tube of the bronchoscope by means of the apparatus shown in Fig.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
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