different between insufflated vs insufflate

English

Verb

insufflated

1. simple past tense and past participle of insufflate

Adjective

insufflated (not comparable)

1. Disseminated by blowing.

English

Etymology

From the past participle stem of Latin ?nsuffl?re, from in- + suffl?re (“blow on”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??ns?fle?t/

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, medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
3. (transitive, medicine) 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)

   Synonym: snort

4. (transitive, ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.

Related terms

Italian

Verb

insufflate

1. second-person plural present indicative of insufflare
2. second-person plural imperative of insufflare

Participle

insufflate

1. feminine plural of the past participle of insufflare

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /in.suf?fla?.te/, [??s??f?f??ä?t??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /in.suf?fla.te/, [insuf?fl??t??]

Verb

?nsuffl?te

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