Insufflation

//ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃən// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The action of breathing or blowing into or on. countable, uncountable

    "From the oracle the sound did come—or at any rate the sense did, a sense all accordant with the insufflation she had just seen working."

  2. 2
    an act of blowing or breathing on or into something wordnet
  3. 3
    The result of breathing or blowing into or on. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity) wordnet
  5. 5
    The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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aqua lungaspirationbreathcoughexpirationgasp

Example

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"From the oracle the sound did come—or at any rate the sense did, a sense all accordant with the insufflation she had just seen working."

Etymology

From insufflate + -ion.

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