Ex`suf*fla"tion (?), n. [Cf. LL. exsufflatio.]

1.

A blast from beneath.

[Obs.]

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.

 

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