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▸ noun: (linguistics) A sound produced by such a puff of air.
▸ noun: A mark of aspiration (ʽ) used in Greek; the asper, or rough breathing.
▸ noun: A sample of fluid, tissue, or other substance that is withdrawn via aspiration (usually through a hollow needle) from a body cavity, cyst, or tumor.
▸ verb: (transitive) To remove a liquid or gas by means of suction.
▸ verb: (transitive) To inhale so as to draw something other than air into one's lungs.
▸ verb: (ambitransitive, linguistics) To produce an audible puff of breath, especially following a consonant, such as the letter "h" at the beginning of house or hat in standard English.
▸ adjective: Synonym of aspirated.
Similar:
suck in,
draw in,
aspiration,
aspirate mutation,
puff,
ejective,
suction stop,
suspire,
plosive,
insufflation,
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Types:
Phrases:
Adjectives:
gastric,
duodenal,
nasogastric,
fine,
tracheal,
initial,
joint,
bloody,
nasopharyngeal,
transtracheal,
cellular
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