What's the difference between exsufflicate and inflated?

Exsufflicate


Definition:

  • (a.) Empty; frivolous.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Various methods have so far been used to treat pneumothorax, including rest, needle exsufflation and blind drainage.
  • (2) Only 7.7 per cent required exsufflation or drainage.
  • (3) SI and CI did not reach the pre-insufflation values after return to the horizontal position and CO2-exsufflation.
  • (4) Minimal thoracotomy with continuous aspiration drainage indicated in severe pneumothorax and relapses after exsufflation, was considered the basic procedure in the symptomatic treatment.
  • (5) No significant change was observed during insufflation and exsufflation (-2.13 and -5.3% respectively).
  • (6) For simple pneumothorax, a suitable treatment may be to put the patient under observation or exsufflation, but thoracoscopy has the advantage of visualizing the lesion and, in certain cases, enables it to be treated.
  • (7) Ventilatory measurements and arterial blood gas analyses were performed (a) preoperatively, in the horizontal supine position with a T7-9 level of analgesia; (b) in the 20 degrees Trendelenburg position with a T2-5 level of analgesia; (c) during intraabdominal insufflation of CO2 through the laparoscope; and (d) after CO2 exsufflation by manual compression of the abdomen before removal of the laparoscope while in the horizontal position.
  • (8) Manual and mechanical exsufflation are important but underutilized ways to clear airway secretions.
  • (9) It is based above all on the use of "large volume and low pressure" balloons, with periodic exsufflation.
  • (10) However, values were not restored after peritoneal exsufflation: systemic vascular resistance index values remained 30 per cent higher than that before insufflation.
  • (11) Two patients with acute colectasia, and acute urinary retention following pregnancy (case n. 1) and Klebsiellae septicemia (case n. 2) requiring endoscopic exsufflation in both cases, were seen.

Inflated


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Inflate
  • (a.) Filled, as with air or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas.
  • (a.) Turgid; swelling; puffed up; bombastic; pompous; as, an inflated style.
  • (a.) Hollow and distended, as a perianth, corolla, nectary, or pericarp.
  • (a.) Distended or enlarged fictitiously; as, inflated prices, etc.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Philip Shaw, chief economist at broker Investec, expects CPI to hit 5.1%, just shy of the 5.2% reached in September 2008, as the utility hikes alone add 0.4% to inflation.
  • (2) Technical factors that account for increased difficulty in these patients include: problems with guide catheter impaction and ostial trauma; inability to inflate the balloon with adequate guide catheter support; and need for increased intracoronary manipulation.
  • (3) The buses recently went up by 50p per journey, but my wages went up with national inflation which was pennies.
  • (4) As increases to the Isa allowance are based on the CPI inflation figure for the year to the previous September, the new data suggests the current Isa limit of £15,240 will remain unchanged next year.
  • (5) But when, less than two weeks out from the election, voters were asked to name the issues most important to them in the campaign, they nominated unemployment, inflation and economic management, rather than immigration and border control.
  • (6) Although the unemployment rate is 4.8%, it can come down further without wage inflation starting to rise.
  • (7) VAT increases don't just hit the poor more than the rich, they also hit small firms, threaten retail jobs and, by boosting inflation, could also lead to higher interest rates."
  • (8) The data suggest that slow injection with the high tourniquet inflation pressure is better, although the differences in leakage with an intact tourniquet were not statistically significant.
  • (9) We report on a membrane inflation method of wound spreading in intact human corneas using the Baribeau Micronscope.
  • (10) To explore relations between preload, afterload, and stroke volume (SV) in the fetal left ventricle, we instrumented 126-129 days gestation fetal lambs with ascending aortic electromagnetic flow transducers, vascular catheters, and inflatable occluders around the aortic isthmus (n = 8) or descending aorta (n = 7).
  • (11) Each study consisted of a 2-h control period followed by 4 h of increased lung microvascular pressure produced by inflation of a balloon in the left atrium.
  • (12) The deal will also be scrutinised to see if its claims of new billions to jump start world economies prove to be inflated.
  • (13) The tidal volume increase under CO2 inhalation was suppressed by the inflation reflex but other afferent vagal nerves seemed to be closely associated with the increased respiratory rate.
  • (14) It's also worth noting that if the Help to Buy scheme really does inflate house prices, by waiting five years before you buy you run the risk of not actually being able to save enough for a 10% deposit, because you'll need a bigger amount than you now need.
  • (15) Philip Shaw, chief economist at Investec, said: “Clearly, there is a much greater chance that the euro hits parity with the US dollar once again, as it first did in 1999.” Stock markets climbed and bond yields fell as the markets digested the full implications of the massive QE project that will involve the ECB buying €60bn (£45bn) of bonds a month until September 2016 or when eurozone inflation nears the central bank’s 2% target.
  • (16) I still can’t figure out who this is aimed at: I’m imagining characters who think they’re in Wolf of Wall Street, with such an inflated sense of entitlement that even al desko meals need to come with Michelin tags.
  • (17) Threadneedle Street has shaved 0.75 points off borrowing costs in but has not moved since April and with rising energy bills likely to push inflation close to 5% in the coming months is thought more likely to raise bank rate than cut it when the Bank meets this week.
  • (18) The inflation used to calculate benefits is CPI, which doesn't include housing costs or council tax, unlike RPI.
  • (19) In the past, Draghi has rebuffed those attacks and stressed low rates and QE were needed to get inflation back to target.
  • (20) 1: Good news It's been a scarce commodity throughout the Osborne chancellorship, but he will have a decent amount of it to dish round the chamber – notably lower inflation and higher growth than was being forecast a short while ago.

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