Insufflated

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Sent a substance such as a gas, powder, or medication into a body cavity by forcing it in with breath or air pressure
2. Forced a material into a hollow part of the body using a directed stream of air or breath
3. Delivered a substance into a bodily cavity by inhaling or blowing it in, often for medical purposes

Etymology: "Insufflated" is the past form of "insufflate," and the verb carries a literal sense of blowing into something. Its Latin ancestor, "īnsufflāre," joined "in-" (into) with "sufflāre" (to blow on or puff at), so the word is a close relative of the everyday idea of breathing or puffing air onto a surface. English borrowed the verb directly from the Latin past participle "īnsufflātus," and the first recorded use in English dates to 1670. The Latin root points to the older meaning, and it is still visible in the modern one. Where "sufflāre" simply meant blowing air at something, English users narrowed the sense to forcing a gas, powder, or medicine into a body cavity by means of breath or pressure. The French verb "insuffler" follows the same path, which is why the two languages share the term.

Synonyms: inflated, blown, aerated, puffed, ventilated

Antonyms: deflated, depressed, collapsed, emptied, reduced