| insufficiency | The condition of being insufficient or inadequate to the performance of the allotted duty. Origin: L. Insufficientia, from sufficiens = sufficient (18 Nov 1997) |
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| insufficient | 1. Not sufficient; not enough; inadequate to any need, use, or purpose; as, the provisions are insufficient in quantity, and defective in quality. "Insufficient for His praise." 2. Wanting in strength, power, ability, capacity, or skill; incompetent; incapable; unfit; as, a person insufficient to discharge the duties of an office. Synonym: Inadequate, scanty, incommensurate, unequal, unfit, incompetent, incapable, inefficient. Origin: L. Insufficiens, -entis. See In- not, and Sufficient. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| insufflate | May involve injection of carbon dioxide into the peritoneum to achieve pneumoperitoneum during laparoscopy and laparoscopic surgery. Origin: L. In-sufflo, to blow on or into (05 Mar 2000) |
| insufflation | <medicine> The act of breathing on or into anything; especially: The act of blowing (a gas, powder, or vapor) into any cavity of the body. Origin: L. Insuffatio: cf. F. Insuffation. See In- in, and Sufflation. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| insufflation anaesthesia | Maintenance of inhalation anaesthesia by delivery of anaesthetic gases or vapors directly to the airway of a spontaneously breathing patient. (05 Mar 2000) |
| insufflator | An instrument used in insufflation. (05 Mar 2000) |