"insufflation" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: insufflations [plural]
Etymology: From insufflate + -ion. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|insufflate|ion}} insufflate + -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} insufflation (countable and uncountable, plural insufflations)
  1. The action of breathing or blowing into or on. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-insufflation-en-noun-OG74YMcx
  2. The result of breathing or blowing into or on. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-insufflation-en-noun-Sqsq54EE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 51 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 21 58 21 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 21 57 22 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 18 63 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 14 60 26 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 14 71 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 14 71 15
  3. The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-insufflation-en-noun-FhSIdPp~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: autoinsufflation Translations (action of breathing or blowing into): innblástur [masculine] (Icelandic), insufflazione (1,2,3) (Italian), insuflación [feminine] (Spanish)
Disambiguation of 'action of breathing or blowing into': 50 40 10

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2004, Daniel B. Silver, Refuge in Hell: How Berlin's Jewish Hospital Outlasted the Nazis, page 83:",
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          "ref": "2004, Daniel B. Silver, Refuge in Hell: How Berlin's Jewish Hospital Outlasted the Nazis, page 83:",
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    }
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