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noun
The action of breathing or blowing into or on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The result of breathing or blowing into or on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
an act of blowing or breathing on or into something
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blow, puff
noun
(medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: blowing
History
Etymology tree English insufflate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insufflation From insufflate + -ion.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
