Usually means: Removing fluid using negative pressure.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. suctioning: Merriam-Webster
  2. suctioning: Vocabulary.com
  3. suctioning: Wordnik
  4. suctioning: Wiktionary
  5. suctioning: Dictionary.com
  6. suctioning: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. suctioning: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. suctioning: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. suctioning: Medical dictionary

(Note: See suction as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (suction)

noun:  (physics) A force which pushes matter from one space into another because the pressure inside the second space is lower than the pressure in the first.
noun:  (physics) A force holding two objects together because the pressure in the space between the items is lower than the pressure outside that space.
noun:  The process of creating an imbalance in pressure to draw matter from one place to another.
noun:  (dentistry) A device for removing saliva from a patient's mouth during dental operations, a saliva ejector.
noun:  (informal) influence; "pull".
verb:  To create an imbalance in pressure between one space and another in order to draw matter between the spaces.
verb:  To draw out the contents of a space.
▸ Also see suction


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