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insufflated

insufflated is the simple past and past participle of insufflate.

Meaning of insufflate

Verb

insufflate (third-person singular simple present insufflates, present participle insufflating, simple past and past participle insufflated)

  1. (transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.
  2. (transitive) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
  3. (transitive) 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)
    Synonyms:
    snort
  4. (transitive) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Adjective

insufflated (not comparable)

  1. Disseminated by blowing.

Questions about insufflated

What does insufflated mean?
Insufflated means disseminated by blowing.
What is insufflated the simple past and past participle of?
Insufflated is the simple past and past participle of insufflate.
What part of speech is insufflated?
Insufflated is an adjective.

Words near insufflated in the dictionary

  1. insufficiencies
  2. insufficiency
  3. insufficient
  4. insufficiently
  5. insufflate
  6. insufflated
  7. insufflates
  8. insufflating
  9. insufflation
  10. insufflations
  11. insufflator

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