insufflate
verb (used with object)
to blow or breathe (something) in.
insufflation
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a word derived from
insufflate.
Example Sentences
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“The young people marry, the old remember their youth. Drone and melody of village cycle: a little vigour is piped into the heart, an insufflation of warm memory.”
From Washington Post ● Mar. 10, 2020
They’re dead — they haven’t got that insufflation, the breath of life.
From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2012
It consists of a gourd or turned wooden receptacle acting as wind reservoir, in the side of which is inserted an insufflation tube curved like a swan’s neck or the spout of a tea-pot.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
Bronchoscopic oxygen insufflation is a life-saving measure equalled by no other method known to the science of medicine, in all cases of asphyxia, or apnea, present or impending.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
In case of paralysis of the larynx, even if only monolateral, a general anesthetic if needed should be given by intratracheal insufflation.
From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Chevalier Jackson
