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† exsuˈfflation Obs. exc. Hist.
[ad. mod.L. exsufflātiōn-em, n. of action f. exsufflāre: see prec. Cf. Fr. exsufflation.]
1. The action of blowing out; an instance of it.
1620Venner Via Recta (1650) 310 Let not with lesse diligence the superfluities of the nose by exsufflation. a1626Bacon Physiol. Rem. Wks. 1727 VII. 209 It will fly upwards over the helm, by a kind of exsufflation, without vapouring. 1689G. Harvey Curing Dis. by Expect. xvi. 124 Such offensive Ebullitions and Exufflations. 1775in Ash.
b. concr. That which is snuffled up.
1666G. Harvey Morb. Angl. iv. 45 Those..exufflations crowding into the sphere of the cranium do create most dreadful Head-akes.
2. Eccl. The action of blowing, performed by the priest upon a child or grown person at baptism, by way of exorcising the devil, or by the person baptized in token of renouncing the devil.
1502Ord. Crysten Men (W. de W. 1506) i. iii. 17 By y⊇ exsuflacyon yt the preest doth upon y⊇ chylde. 1584R. Scot Discov. Witchcr. xv. xxiv. 371 The right order of exorcisme..requireth that exsufflation..be doone toward the west. 1709J. Johnson Clergym. Vade M. ii. 267 The exorcisms and exsufflations made by the priest on persons to be baptized. 1858Sat. Rev. 31 July 103 The old Mumbo Jumbo of ‘unchristianizing the Legislature’ must not be consigned to the eternal limbo..without a parting exsufflation.
Restrict ‘† Obs. exc. Hist.’ to senses in Dict. and add: 3. Med. The blowing out or extraction of air or gas from a body cavity, such as the lung. Opp. insufflation n. 2.
1949New Gould Med. Dict. 365/1 Exsufflation, forced discharge of the breath. 1976Acta Radiologica: Diagnosis XVII. 825 Pneumothorax occurred in 27.2 per cent of the patients. Only 7.7 per cent required exsufflation or drainage. 1977Ugeskrift for Læger CXXXIX. 2937/2 The main principles [are]..reliable placing of the loop round the polyp, strangulation and cauterizing following exsufflation of intestinal gas and insufflation of CO2 [etc.]. |