insufflate

English

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Latin īnsufflāre, from in- + sufflāre (“blow on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɪnsʌfleɪt/

Verb

insufflate (third-person singular simple present insufflates, present participle insufflating, simple past and past participle insufflated)

1. (transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.
2. (transitive, medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
3. (transitive, medicine) To inhale (a powder etc.).
   • 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)

   Synonym: snort

4. (transitive, ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Related terms

• autoinsufflate
• autoinsufflation
• insufflation
• insufflator

 

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

insufflate

1. inflection of insufflare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative
   2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 2

Participle

insufflate f pl

1. feminine plural of insufflato

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.sufˈflaː.te/, [ĩːs̠ʊfˈfɫ̪äːt̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.sufˈfla.te/, [insufˈfläːt̪e]

Verb

īnsufflāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of īnsufflō