insufflation

noun

an act of blowing or breathing on or into something

(medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)

Roots

inin- · Latin · into, onto subsuf- · Latin · under, from below flarefl- · Latin · to blow atio-ation · Latin · act or process of

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The word insufflation breaks down into 4 roots of Latin origin: in-, from Latin in (“into, onto”); suf-, from Latin sub (“under, from below”); fl, from Latin flare (“to blow”); and -ation, from Latin atio (“act or process of”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.