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Inhalation vs Insufflation - What's the difference?

inhalation | insufflation |

As nouns the difference between inhalation and insufflation

is that inhalation is the act of inhaling while insufflation is the action of breathing or blowing into or on.

inhalation

English

(wikipedia inhalation)

Noun

(en noun)
  • The act of inhaling.
  • * 1900 , , The House Behind the Cedars , Chapter I,
    • The girl stooped to pluck a rose, and as she bent over it, her profile was clearly outlined. She held the flower to her face with a long-drawn inhalation , then went up the steps, crossed the piazza, opened the door without knocking, and entered the house with the air of one thoroughly at home.
  • The substance (medicament) which is inhaled.

    • See also

    * inhale ----

    insufflation

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • The action of breathing or blowing into or on.
  • *2004 , Daniel B. Silver, Refuge in Hell: How Berlin's Jewish Hospital Outlasted the Nazis , page 83
  • *:He was the inventor of the procedure for flexible sigmoidoscopy using insufflation (inflating the sigmoid colon with air) that still is practiced today.
  • The result of breathing or blowing into or on.
  • The ritual breathing onto the water used for baptism