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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity);

2. an act of blowing or breathing on or into something;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Insufflation \In`suf*fla"tion\, n. [L. insuffatio: cf. F. insuffation. See In- in, and Sufflation.] The act of breathing on or into anything; especially: (a) (R. C. Ch.) The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life. (b) (Med.) The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

insufflation n 1: (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity) 2: an act of blowing or breathing on or into something