Insufflation – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
insufflation
n.
act of blowing in or on; act of blowing air or medication into or onto the body (Medicine)
Insufflation
In religious and magical practice,
insufflation and
exsufflation are ritual acts of blowing, breathing, hissing, or puffing that signify variously expulsion or renunciation of evil or of the
devil (the Evil One), or infilling or blessing with good (especially, in religious use, with the
Spirit or
grace of God).
insufflation
Noun
1. (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)
(hypernym) blowing
(derivation) insufflate
(classification) medicine, medical specialty
2. an act of blowing or breathing on or into something
(hypernym) blow, puff
(derivation) insufflate
insufflation
nf.
insufflation, act of blowing in or on; act of blowing air or medication into or onto the body (Medicine)
Insufflation
(n.)
The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.
(n.)
The act of breathing on or into anything
(n.)
The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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