Definition of: insufflate

(in·suf′lāt, in′sə·flāt) v.t. ·flat·ed, ·flat·ing
1. To blow or breathe into or upon.
2. To blow a substance into: to insufflate a room with disinfectant.
3. Med. a To blow (air, medicinal gas, etc.) into an opening or upon some part of the body. b To treat by insufflation, as an asphyxiated person.
4. Eccl. To breathe upon, as at baptism. [<L insufflatus, pp. of insufflare <in- in + sufflare <blow from below <sub- under + flare blow]
—in·suf′fla·tor noun