insufflation noun. [ɪnsǝ'fleɪʃ(ǝ)n] LME.
[Late Latin insufflatio(n-), formed as INSUFFLATE: see -ATION.]
1. Theology.
a. The action or an act of blowing on a person to symbolize spiritual influence. LME.
b. The action or an act of blowing or breathing a spirit etc. into a person. E17.

2. Chiefly Medicine. The blowing or breathing (of a gas, powder, etc.) into an opening or cavity (of the body). E19.

3. Medicine. Distension with air. L19.

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