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[ T ] medical specialized
to remove a liquid or gas from a space in the body using suction(= a sucking action):
If a cyst becomes painful, it can be aspirated or drained of its fluid.
Fluid aspirated from the knee is sent to the laboratory for analysis.
[ T ] phonetics specialized
to breathe out air when pronouncing a plosive consonant sound: 送气发辅音爆破音
Native speakers of Arabic often do not aspirate their Ps when they speak English.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Animal physiology: breathing & stopping breathing
aerobic
asphyxia
asphyxiation
aspirate
aspiration
breathable
breathe (something) in
choke
draw breathphrase
expire
huff and puffidiom
hyperventilation
lungful
non-breathing
out of breath
pant
puffed
puffed out
stifle
strangulation

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Linguistics: phonology & phonetics

Examples of aspirating

aspirating

In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

The midbrain was exposed by opening the cranium and aspirating the overlying perimeningeal tissue.
Fully grown oocytes were collected from follicles by aspirating those that were 2-5 mm in diameter with a 20 gauge needle.
Postnatally the risk can be minimised by passing a large bore nasogastric tube and aspirating frequently to keep the stomach empty.
Amongst 55 subjects who had videoflouroscopy within five days of the stroke 38% were found to be aspirating.
A determination of whether the patient is aspirating should be made.
Oocytes were collected by aspirating follicles that were 2-5 mm in diameter with a 20 gauge needle.
The local anaesthetic solutions administered through the epidural catheter for extension of the block should be given in small incremental doses after aspirating the catheter to check for intrathecal migration.
Cr in serum, on the other hand, was detected by aspirating the undiluted samples directly in the atomic absorption spectrophotometer.
An effort was made to obtain a constant volume of cytoplasm by aspirating to the bend of the needle situated at approximately 1000 m from the tip.
For instance, a 'wet' voice, which may indicate pharyngeal paresis with pooling of secretions in the valleculae and pyriform sinuses,98 occurs only in one-third of those aspirating.
The most difficult of these is keeping the animal from aspirating its stomach contents while put asleep during surgery.
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