NOUN | phenomenon | suction | a force over an area produced by a pressure difference |
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act | suction, sucking, suck | the act of sucking / sucking | |
VERB | motion | suction | remove or draw away by the force of suction |
body | suction | empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction |
Sounds | sah'kshahn | |
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Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... |
Meaning | A force over an area produced by a pressure difference. | |
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Broader | pressure, pressure level, force per unit area | The force applied to a unit area of surface |
Spanish | succión | |
Catalan | succió | |
Adjectives | suctorial | adapted for sucking or clinging by suction |
Verbs | suction | empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction |
suction | remove or draw away by the force of suction |
Meaning | The act of sucking / sucking. | |
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Synonyms | sucking, suck | |
Broader | consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake | The process of taking food into the body through the mouth (as by eating) |
Spanish | succión | |
Catalan | succió, xuclada | |
Adjectives | suctorial | adapted for sucking or clinging by suction |
Verbs | suck | draw into the mouth by creating a practical vacuum in the mouth |
suck | draw something in by or as if by a vacuum | |
suck | attract by using an inexorable force, inducement, etc. | |
suction | empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction | |
suction | remove or draw away by the force of suction |
Meaning | Remove or draw away by the force of suction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
Example | "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs" | |
Similar to | suction | Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction |
Spanish | sorber, succionar | |
Catalan | succionar, xuclar | |
Nouns | suction | the act of sucking / sucking |
suction | a force over an area produced by a pressure difference |
Meaning | Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Example | "suction the uterus in an abortion" | |
Category | operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process | A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments |
Broader | evacuate, void, empty | excrete or discharge from the body |
Similar to | suction | Remove or draw away by the force of suction |
Nouns | suction | the act of sucking / sucking |
suction | a force over an area produced by a pressure difference |
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