insufflation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)
  2. noun an act of blowing or breathing on or into something

WordNet

In`suf*fla"tion noun
Etymology
L. insuffatio: cf. F. insuffation. See In- in, and Sufflation.
Definitions
  1. The act of breathing on or into anything; especially: (a) (R. C. Ch.) The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life. (b) (Med.) The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.

Webster 1913