insufflare

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insufflare (vai alla coniugazione)

  1. (letterario) (tecnico) soffiare sopra o dentro qualcosa o qualcuno
  2. (senso figurato) (raro) ispirare, infondere, trasmettere, insinuare, destare
  3. (medicina) introdurre aria in una cavità del corpo per scopi diagnostici o terapeutici
    • insufflare aria nei polmoni
in | suf | flà | re

derivato dal latino tardo insufflare, composto a sua volta dalla preposizione in, dentro, sopra, e dal verbo sufflare, soffiare

soffiare dentro
soffiare sopra