English

Verb

insufflate ‎(third-person singular simple present insufflates, present participle insufflating, simple past and past participle insufflated)

1. (transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.
2. (transitive, medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
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)
4. (transitive, ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Synonyms

• (to inhale): snort

Related terms

• insufflation
• insufflator

Italian

Verb

insufflate

1. second-person plural present indicative of insufflare
2. second-person plural imperative of insufflare

Participle

insufflate

1. feminine singular of the past participle of insufflare

Latin

Verb

insufflāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of insufflō