insufflation
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“The young people marry, the old remember their youth. Drone and melody of village cycle: a little vigour is piped into the heart, an insufflation of warm memory.”
From Washington Post • Mar. 10, 2020
They’re dead — they haven’t got that insufflation, the breath of life.
From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2012
The insufflation tube appears to have been left out, and there are no drones to be seen.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 2 "Baconthorpe" to "Bankruptcy" by Various
It consists of a gourd or turned wooden receptacle acting as wind reservoir, in the side of which is inserted an insufflation tube curved like a swan’s neck or the spout of a tea-pot.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various
Letzerich recommended the insufflation of quinia twice daily, using the quinia muriate with potassium bicarbonate and gum-arabic.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
