insufflate

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈɪnsʌfleɪt/

Verb

transitive

(transitive) To breathe or blow into or on. / (transitive, medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity. / (transitive, medicine) To inhale (a powder etc.).

Japanese Meaning

（他動詞）息や空気、ガス、蒸気、粉末などを体腔や対象に吹き込むこと。 / （医学用語）体腔にガス、蒸気、または粉末を送り込むことによって治療を行うこと。 / （医学用語）粉末などを吸引すること。

What is this buttons?

The doctor will insufflate oxygen into the patient's mask before the surgery.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

医師は手術前に患者のマスクに酸素を吹き込みます。

Details

Sense（1）

(transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.

Sense（2）

(transitive, medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.

Sense（3）

(transitive, medicine) 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)

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Sense（4）

(transitive, ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

insufflates

（ present singular third-person ）

insufflating

（ participle present ）

insufflated

（ participle past ）

insufflated

（ past ）

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