Meanings
nouninsufflation (countable and uncountable, plural insufflations)
plural insufflations
- countableuncountableThe action of breathing or blowing into or on.
From the oracle the sound did come—or at any rate the sense did, a sense all accordant with the insufflation she had just seen working.
1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove1 more example
He was the inventor of the procedure for flexible sigmoidoscopy using insufflation (inflating the sigmoid colon with air) that still is practiced today.
2004, Daniel B. Silver, Refuge in Hell: How Berlin's Jewish Hospital Outlasted the Nazis, page 83 - countableuncountableThe result of breathing or blowing into or on.
Origin
Translations
Catalan insuflació
- insuflacióaction of breathing or blowing into
French insufflation
- insufflationaction of breathing or blowing into
Icelandic innblástur
- innblásturaction of breathing or blowing into
Italian insufflazione (1,2,3)
- insufflazione (1,2,3)action of breathing or blowing into
Portuguese insuflação
- insuflaçãoaction of breathing or blowing into
Spanish insuflación
- insuflaciónaction of breathing or blowing into
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APA
insufflation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insufflation
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“insufflation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insufflation. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “insufflation,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/insufflation.
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