insufflate

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To breathe or blow into or on. transitive
  2. To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity. transitive
  3. To inhale (a powder etc.). transitive
    — 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. To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act. transitive

词形变化

insufflates present,singular,third-person insufflating participle,present insufflated participle,past insufflated past

词汇关系

相关词
autoinsufflate autoinsufflation insufflation insufflator

词源

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.
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