autoinsufflate
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
auto- + insufflate
Verb[edit]
autoinsufflate (third-person singular simple present autoinsufflates, present participle autoinsufflating, simple past and past participle autoinsufflated)
- (transitive, medicine, otolaryngology) To force air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged; to perform the Valsalva manoeuvre.