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exsufflation

English

Etymology

Compare Latin exsufflatio.

Noun

exsufflation (plural exsufflations)

  1. (obsolete) A blast from beneath.
    • The next is when it will fly upwards over the helm by a kind of exsufflation without vapouring
  2. (obsolete) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath.
    • 1655, Jeremy Taylor, Unum Necessarium
      the Ceremony of Exsufflation, for ejecting of the Devil
  3. (biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.

Related terms

  • insufflation

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exsufflate

English

Etymology

From Latin exsufflare (“to blow at or upon”); ex (“out”) + sufflare. See sufflate.

Verb

exsufflate (third-person singular simple present exsufflates, present participle exsufflating, simple past and past participle exsufflated)

  1. (obsolete) To exorcise or renounce by blowing.

Related terms

  • exsufflation

Latin

Verb

exsuffl?te

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of exsuffl?

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