in´suf|fla´tion

in´suf|fla´tion
in|suf|flate «ihn SUHF layt, IHN suh flayt», transitive verb, -flat|ed, -flat|ing.
1. to blow or breathe in or upon.
2. Medicine. a) to blow (air or gas) into some opening of the body. b) to treat by insufflation: »

to insufflate the lungs of a newborn baby.

3. to breathe upon (a person to be baptized or the water of baptism).
[< Latin īnsufflāre (with English -ate1) < in- on + sufflāre puff out]
in´suf|fla´tion, noun.
in´suf|fla´tor, noun.

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