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insufflate
 
SYLLABICATION:in·suf·flate
PRONUNCIATION:  ns-flt, n-sflt
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: in·suf·flat·ed, in·suf·flat·ing, in·suf·flates
1. To blow or breathe into or on. 2. To treat medically by blowing a powder, gas, or vapor into a bodily cavity.
ETYMOLOGY:Latin nsufflre, nsufflt- : in-, into; see in–2 + sufflre, to inflate; see soufflé.
OTHER FORMS:insuf·flator —NOUN
 
 
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