| NOUN | phenomenon | suction | a force over an area produced by a pressure difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A force over an area produced by a pressure difference. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | |
|---|---|---|
| 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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