单词 | insufflate |
释义 | insufflate/ˈɪnsəfleɪt /verb [with object] 1 Medicine Blow or breathe (air, vapour, or a powdered medicine) into or through a body cavity.Gas is insufflated through the catheter at various flow rates....
1.1Blow or breathe something into or through (a part of the body).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....
2 Theology Breathe on (someone) to symbolize spiritual influence.The task of cinema would be not to represent this but to actualise its trajectories, to insufflate the fiber of this transcendental universe. Derivativesinsufflation
OriginLate 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. |
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