Dictionary entry

Exsufflation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ex′suf‐fla″tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exsufflatio.] 1. A blast from beneath. Bacon.

2. (Eccles.) A kind of exorcism by blowing with the breath. Jer. Taylor.

3. (Physiol.) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs.