exsufflate verb trans. ['ɛksʌfleɪt] M17.[Late (esp. ecclesiastical) Latin exsufflat- pa. ppl stem of exsufflare, formed as EX-1 1 + Latin sufflare: see SUFFLATE.]Orig., blow out, blow away. Now only
Hist., do this as an exorcism or in token of renunciation of the devil.
■ exsu'fflation noun (a) (
obsolete exc.
Hist.) the action or an act of exsufflating;
(b) Medicine the removal by blowing of material from a body cavity, esp. the respiratory tract:
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