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suction

[ US /ˈsəkʃən/ ]
[ UK /sˈʌkʃən/ ]
NOUN
  1. the act of sucking
  2. a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
VERB
  1. empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
    suction the uterus in an abortion
  2. remove or draw away by the force of suction
    the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs

How To Use suction In A Sentence

  • The interior of the suction device is sleeved with a nozzle unit device which can inject backwash water to a suction port and the low pressure area of the filter screen part.
  • Before scrubbing, gowning, and gloving, the surgeon usually performs a rectal examination and proctoscopy to suction out any remaining stool in the distal rectum.
  • Rhinoplasty, tummy tucks, liposuction and eye lifts can provide a psychological boost and restore youthful confidence.
  • The pendulum which comes down first, opens a communication with a vacuum, and the resulting suction is used, by a mechanical device, to produce a sudden expansion of the gas that is being examined. Nobel Prize in Physics 1927 - Presentation Speech
  • During the baseline phase, not a single patient who was observed had the oral cavity assessed, teeth brushed, lips and mouth moisturized, oropharyngeal area suctioned, or suction tubing changed.
  • The suction-stage, middle-stage, discharge-stage, diffusor and bearing support forms a working chamber and shaft, impeller, balance kettle and shaft sleeve are pump rotor parts.
  • Ocean fertilization is like the climate equivalent to liposuction. Rebecca Anderson: Climate Science Round-Up: Ocean Fertilization (or Climate Liposuction)
  • My vacuum cleaner has very good suction.
  • The deaths reviewed in the new study all involved variations on "tumescent" liposuction, a popular technique developed by dermatologists in the late 1980s. Lowdown On Liposuction
  • If you have both excess skin and fat one can combine tummy tuck with liposuction, but it has to be moderate liposuction to preserve the blood supply to the skin.
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