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Insufflation

nounid 74678·updated May 18, 2026
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(medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)

polysemous

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Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Insufflations
possessive
Insufflation's
pluralpossessive
Insufflations'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary2 sensesview framework →
§1
an act of blowing or breathing on or into something
§2
(medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
(medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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