Home › Words › H › hyperinsufflationhyperinsufflationhyperinsufflation means extreme insufflation as a lung therapy.EtymologyFrom hyper- + insufflation.nounExtreme insufflation as a lung therapyDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.overinhalation 62% match — Excessive inhalation vs hyperinsufflation →hyperexpansion 59% match — excessive expansion vs hyperinsufflation →exsufflation 59% match — A blast from beneath. vs hyperinsufflation →insufflate 58% match — To breathe or blow into or on. vs hyperinsufflation →pneumotherapy 58% match — The treatment of disease by inhalations of compressed or rarefied gases. vs hyperinsufflation →volutrauma 58% match — barotrauma due to overexpansion of an internal gas-filled space vs hyperinsufflation →autoinsufflation 57% match — The action of forcing air from the throat into the middle ear with one's nose plugged. vs hyperinsufflation →hyperdilation 57% match — Excessive dilation vs hyperinsufflation →