请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 insufflate
释义

Definition of insufflate in English:

insufflate

verb 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. 1.1 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.

Derivatives

  • insufflation

  • noun ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃ(ə)nˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃ(ə)n
    • In 1774, a medical doctor described a maneuver used to occlude the ‘gullet’ by applying pressure to the cricoid cartilage for preventing stomach insufflation when resuscitating near-drowning victims.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Carbon dioxide insufflation is one cause of hypothermia and is one contributing factor to thermal loss, along with irrigation, room temperature, exposed body surface, procedure length, and patient age and medical condition.
      • This resulted in 15 to 20 ml of talc insufflation.
      • For patients not receiving narcotics, administering 10 mg of metoclopramide resulted in a higher success rate of postpyloric placement of feeding tubes than did air insufflation, although the difference was not significant.
      • The overall success rate of air insufflation was greater than the overall success rate for metoclopramide.

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:

insufflate

verbˈinsəˌflātˈɪnsəˌfleɪt
[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. 1.1 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.

 
 
随便看

 

英语词典包含464360条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/11 10:02:35