"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 Translations (action of breathing or blowing into): innblástur [masculine] (Icelandic), insufflazione (1,2,3) (Italian), insuflación [feminine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-insufflation-en-noun-OG74YMcx Disambiguation of 'action of breathing or blowing into': 50 40 11
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 23 51 26 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 21 58 22
  3. The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-insufflation-en-noun-~jRxi9It

Inflected forms

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