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insufflations

insufflations is the plural of insufflation.

Meaning of insufflation

Noun

insufflation (countable and uncountable, plural insufflations)

  1. The action of breathing or blowing into or on.
    • From the oracle the sound did come—or at any rate the sense did, a sense all accordant with the insufflation she had just seen working.1902, Henry James, The Wings of the Dove
  2. The result of breathing or blowing into or on.
  3. The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism.

Questions about insufflations

What is insufflations the plural of?
Insufflations is the plural of insufflation.

Words near insufflations in the dictionary

  1. insufflate
  2. insufflated
  3. insufflates
  4. insufflating
  5. insufflation
  6. insufflations
  7. insufflator
  8. insufflators
  9. insuing
  10. insuitable
  11. insula

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