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Definition of insufflate in English: insufflateverb ˈɪnsəfleɪtˈɪnsəˌfleɪt [with object]1Medicine Blow or breathe (air, vapour, or a powdered medicine) into or through a body cavity. Example sentencesExamples - Gas is insufflated through the catheter at various flow rates.
- Once gastric placement was confirmed, 500 to 1000 mL of air was insufflated and the tube was advanced.
- In these patients, talc was insufflated and suction was applied until adhesions formed.
- It is one of the best ways to insufflate talc in the pleural cavity.
- The gas then is insufflated into the vitreous cavity by a technique called gas/fluid exchange.
- 1.1 Blow or breathe something into or through (a part of the body).
Example sentencesExamples - They stacked the consecutively delivered air volumes, holding them with a closed glottis, until the lungs and chest walls were as deeply insufflated as possible.
- We used a 50 milligram per millilitre solution of iodine and insufflated the external auditory canal with starch powder after allowing sufficient time for drying.
- The surgeon insufflates (ie, injects gas into) the child's abdomen with carbon dioxide until a pressure of 10 mm Hg is achieved to create pneumoperitoneum.
- The surgeon introduces a Verres needle at the umbilicus and insufflates the peritoneum with carbon dioxide to a pressure of 12 mm Hg.
- The surgeon places a 10-mm port in the umbilicus and insufflates the abdomen with carbon dioxide to 15 mm of pressure.
2Theology Breathe on (someone) to symbolize spiritual influence. Example sentencesExamples - The task of cinema would be not to represent this but to actualise its trajectories, to insufflate the fiber of this transcendental universe.
Origin Late 17th century: from late Latin insufflat- 'blown into', from the verb insufflare, from in- 'into' + sufflare 'blow' (from sub- 'from below' + flare 'to blow'). sense 2 dates from the early 20th century. Definition of insufflate in US English: insufflateverbˈinsəˌflātˈɪnsəˌfleɪt [with object]1Medicine Blow (air, gas, or powder) into a cavity of the body. Example sentencesExamples - Once gastric placement was confirmed, 500 to 1000 mL of air was insufflated and the tube was advanced.
- Gas is insufflated through the catheter at various flow rates.
- In these patients, talc was insufflated and suction was applied until adhesions formed.
- The gas then is insufflated into the vitreous cavity by a technique called gas/fluid exchange.
- It is one of the best ways to insufflate talc in the pleural cavity.
- 1.1 Blow something into or through (a part of the body).
Example sentencesExamples - The surgeon places a 10-mm port in the umbilicus and insufflates the abdomen with carbon dioxide to 15 mm of pressure.
- They stacked the consecutively delivered air volumes, holding them with a closed glottis, until the lungs and chest walls were as deeply insufflated as possible.
- The surgeon introduces a Verres needle at the umbilicus and insufflates the peritoneum with carbon dioxide to a pressure of 12 mm Hg.
- We used a 50 milligram per millilitre solution of iodine and insufflated the external auditory canal with starch powder after allowing sufficient time for drying.
- The surgeon insufflates (ie, injects gas into) the child's abdomen with carbon dioxide until a pressure of 10 mm Hg is achieved to create pneumoperitoneum.
2Theology Blow or breathe on (someone) to symbolize spiritual influence. Example sentencesExamples - The task of cinema would be not to represent this but to actualise its trajectories, to insufflate the fiber of this transcendental universe.
Origin Late 17th century: from late Latin insufflat- ‘blown into’, from the verb insufflare, from in- ‘into’ + sufflare ‘blow’ (from sub- ‘from below’ + flare ‘to blow’). insufflate (sense 2) dates from the early 20th century. |