insufflation

A noun referring to the act of blowing air, gas, or medicated powder into a body cavity, such as the lungs, for medical or therapeutic purposes.

• 🇪🇸Acción de insuflar: introducir aire, gas o un polvo medicinal en una cavidad del cuerpo (por ejemplo, los pulmones) con fines terapéuticos o de diagnóstico.

1. Medical procedure C2 formal medical

   The act of blowing air, gas, or medicated powder into a body cavity, such as the lungs, for therapeutic or diagnostic purposes.

   • The doctor performed an insufflation of the patient's lungs with a bronchodilator.
   • Insufflation of powdered medication is sometimes used for nasal treatments.
   • The procedure involved a careful insufflation of carbon dioxide into the abdominal cavity.

   🇪🇸Ins inflación

   Sinónimos: inflation

2. Ritual or symbolic act C2 formal

   An act of blowing or breathing onto or into something, often used in religious or ceremonial contexts.

   • The priest performed an insufflation over the holy water.
   • In some traditions, insufflation is used to symbolize the giving of life or spirit.
   • The ritual involved a gentle insufflation of incense smoke.

   🇪🇸Insuflición ritual

• insufflations plural form
• insufflations' possessive plural form
• insufflation's possessive singular form