Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

insufflation

/ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.62 in modern English

Syllables: in-suf-fla-tion
IPA: /ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃən/

18

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The action of breathing or blowing into or on.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The result of breathing or blowing into or on.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"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."
"He was the inventor of the procedure for flexible sigmoidoscopy using insufflation (inflating the sigmoid colon with air) that still is practiced today."

Etymology

Etymology tree English insufflate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insufflation From insufflate + -ion.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

insufflations (plural)

Derived Forms

autoinsufflation hyperinsufflation

Questions

How do you pronounce insufflation?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌɪnsəˈfleɪʃən/.
What does insufflation mean?: The action of breathing or blowing into or on.
Where does insufflation come from?: Etymology tree English insufflate Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ion English insufflation From insufflate + -ion.

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