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   exsufflation

   /ˌɛksəˈfleɪʃ(ə)n/

   noun

   • 1. the removal of material from a body cavity (especially the lung) by blowing: "only 7.7% of patients required exsufflation or drainage"
   • 2. the action or process of breathing out; exhalation. rare
   • ▪ the action of blowing as a form of exorcism or to symbolize renunciation of the devil: "sometimes the exorcist used the rite of exsufflation"

   Word Origin early 16th century: late Latin, from the verb exsufflare, from ex- ‘out’ + sufflare ‘to blow’.

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