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insufflator

 [in´sŭ-fla″tor]
an instrument used in insufflation.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

in·suf·fla·tor

(in'sŭf-lā'tŏr),
An instrument used in insufflation.
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in·suf·fla·tor

(in'sŭf-lā'tŏr)
An instrument used in insufflation.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012

in·suf·fla·tor

(in'sŭf-lā'tŏr)
An instrument used in insufflation.
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