insufflate
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Is insufflate a Scrabble word?
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What is the meaning of insufflate?
Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.transitive
2. (transitive, medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.transitive
3. (transitive, medicine) To inhale (a powder etc.).Examples: "2001: Cocaine is usually taken by insufflating the white powdered cocaine sulphate into the nose, which leads to rapid absorption of the drug into the bloodstream. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 98)"Synonyms: snorttransitive
4. (transitive, ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary