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suction

DEFINITIONS OF: suction

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n the act of sucking

Synonyms:
suck, sucking
Type of:
consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake
the process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating)

n a force over an area produced by a pressure difference

Type of:
force per unit area, pressure, pressure level
the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit)

v remove or draw away by the force of suction

“the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs”

v empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction

“suction the uterus in an abortion”
Type of:
empty, evacuate, void
excrete or discharge from the body
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