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Definition of Suction

1. Noun. A force over an area produced by a pressure difference.

2. Verb. Remove or draw away by the force of suction. "The doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"

3. Noun. The act of sucking.

4. Verb. Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction. "Suction the uterus in an abortion"

Definition of Suction

1. n. The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.

Definition of Suction

1. to remove by the process of sucking [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Suction

sucks sucky suck in suck up sucralfate sucralose sucraloses sucrase sucrases Sucre

sucres sucrier sucriers sucrose sucroses suction (current term) suctional suctioned suctioning suctions

suction curettage suction pump suction stop suctorial suctorian suctorians sucuruju sucurujus sud Sudafed

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