单词 | exsufflation |
释义 | exsufflation/ˌɛksəˈfleɪʃ(ə)n /noun [mass noun] 1 Medicine The removal of material from a body cavity (especially the lung) by blowing: only 7.7% of patients required exsufflation or drainage...
2 rare The action or process of breathing out; exhalation.The deflation starts simultaneously in both lungs, but after half a second, a limited exsufflation, a trapping slowly develops....
2.1 Theology The action of blowing as a form of exorcism or to symbolize renunciation of the devil: sometimes the exorcist used the rite of exsufflation...
OriginEarly 16th century: late Latin, from the verb exsufflare, from ex- 'out' + sufflare 'to blow'. |
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