insufflation

The act or an instance of insufflating.

A ritual act of breathing on baptismal water or on the one being baptized.

The process of decorating pottery or porcelain by blowing color on the surface of the ware through a hollow tube over the end of which gauze has been stretched. See soufflé decoration, under soufflé.

The act of blowing or breathing on or into.

Eccles., the act or ceremony of breathing upon (a person or thing), symbolizing the influence of the Holy Ghost and the expulsion of an evil spirit.

In medicine, the act of blowing air into the mouth of a new-born child to induce respiration, or of blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into some opening of the body.

The breathing upon a person in the sacrament of baptism to symbolize the inspiration of a new spiritual life.

The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body.

The action of breathing or blowing into or on.

The result of breathing or blowing into or on.