insufflate

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1670; borrowed from Latin īnsufflātus, perfect passive participle of īnsufflō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix)) from in- + sufflō (“to blow on”). Cognate with French insuffler. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪnsʌfleɪt/ === Verb === insufflate (third-person singular simple present insufflates, present participle insufflating, simple past and past participle insufflated) (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.). 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) Synonym: snort (transitive, ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act. ==== Related terms ==== == Italian == === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== insufflate inflection of insufflare: second-person plural present indicative second-person plural imperative === Etymology 2 === ==== Participle ==== insufflate f pl feminine plural of insufflato == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ĩː.sʊfˈfɫaː.tɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [in.sufˈflaː.te] === Verb === īnsufflāte second-person plural present active imperative of īnsufflō