n :  a nonporous bag of tough light material that can be inflated (as in a bodily cavity) with air or gas <gastroesophageal tamponade by introduction of a into the stomach> 
, vt :  to inflate or distend like a balloon vi  :  to swell or puff out .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  blain  bouil·lon 
 
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