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autoinsufflate

autoinsufflate verb: to force air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged; to perform the Valsalva manoeuvre.

Verb

autoinsufflate (third-person singular simple present autoinsufflates, present participle autoinsufflating, simple past and past participle autoinsufflated)

  1. (transitive, otolaryngology) To force air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged; to perform the Valsalva manoeuvre.

Forms of autoinsufflate

third-person singular presentautoinsufflates
present participleautoinsufflating
past participleautoinsufflated
pastautoinsufflated

Origin of autoinsufflate

From auto- + insufflate.

Words formed from autoinsufflate

Questions about autoinsufflate

What does autoinsufflate mean?
Autoinsufflate means to force air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged; to perform the Valsalva manoeuvre.
What part of speech is autoinsufflate?
Autoinsufflate is a verb.
What is the past tense of autoinsufflate?
The past tense of autoinsufflate is autoinsufflated.

Words near autoinsufflate in the dictionary

  1. autoinoculated
  2. autoinoculation
  3. autoinoculations
  4. autoinstall
  5. autoinstallation
  6. autoinsufflate
  7. autoinsufflated
  8. autoinsufflates
  9. autoinsufflating
  10. autoinsufflation
  11. autointegration

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