EGAVE

insufflate

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. verb To breathe or blow into or on.
  2. verb To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
  3. verb To inhale (a powder etc.).
  4. verb To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Similar words

inblow inspire inbreathe breathe in imbreathe breathe inhale embreathe ventilate respire

Often followed by

the air oxygen and

Word family

insufflated insufflates insufflating insufflation insufflations insufflator insufflators

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