insufflate
verb/ˈɪnsʌfleɪt/
Etymology First attested in 1670; borrowed from Latin īnsufflātus, perfect passive participle of īnsufflō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from in- + sufflō (“to blow on”). Cognate with French insuffler.
1
To breathe or blow into or on.
2
Medicine, Sciences To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
3
Medicine, Sciences To inhale (a powder etc.).
- 2001: Cocaine is usually taken by insufflating the white powdered cocaine sulphate into the nose, which leads to rapid absorption of the drug into the bloodstream. — Leslie Iversen, Drugs: A Very Short Introduction (Oxford 2001, p. 98)
4
Ecclesiastical, Lifestyle, Religion To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.
- Related terms
- autoinsufflate, autoinsufflation, insufflation, insufflator