insufflation

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

noun (medicine) blowing air or medicated powder into the lungs (or into some other body cavity)
noun an act of blowing or breathing on or into something

From insufflate + -ion.

Had he found the true church all of a sudden in winding up to the end like a reel of cotton some finespun line of reasoning upon insufflation on the imposition of hands or the procession of the Holy Ghost? — A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce

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