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Suction logo #10101) Force per unit area 2) Physical quantity 3) Pressure 4) Pressure level 5) Surgical instrument 6) The act of sucking 7) Vacuum effect 8) Vacuum feature 9) Vacuum strength
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Suction logo #10101) Reception 2) Suck 3) Sucking
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Suction logo #21000 Suction is the flow of a fluid into a partial vacuum, or region of low pressure. The pressure gradient between this region and the ambient pressure will propel matter toward the low pressure area. Suction is popularly thought of as an attractive effect, which is incorrect since vacuums do not innately attract matter. Dust being `sucked` into a v.....
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Suction logo #21000[medicine] In medicine, devices are sometimes necessary to create suction. Suction may be used to clear the airway of blood, saliva, vomit, or other secretions so that a patient may breathe. Suctioning can prevent pulmonary aspiration, which can lead to lung infections. In pulmonary hygiene, suction is used to remove fluids from the airways...
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Suction logo #21002• (v. t.) The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air.
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Suction logo #20560Applying a partial vacuum to draw air or fluid in the direction of the partial vacuum, e.g., applying suction to a tube that is passed into the lungs to remove mucus build-up.
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suction logo #20973The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. Suction chamber, the chamber of a pump into which the suction pipe delivers. Suction pipe, Suction valve, the induction pipe, and induction valve, of a pump, respectively. Suction pump, the common pump, in which the water is raised into the barrel by atmospheric pr...
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suction logo #21001(suk´shәn) the drawing of a fluid or solid into a space because the pressure inside it is lower than that outside. aspiration of gas or fluid by mechanical means. post-tussive suction a sucking sound heard over a lung cavity just after a cough.
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suction logo #22187See Initial Rate of Absorption.
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Suction logo #20972Suc'tion noun [ Latin sugere , suctum , to suck; confer Old French suction . See Suck , transitive verb ] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. Suction chamber , the chamber of a pump into w...
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suction logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: sŭk′shŭn Definitions: 1. The act or process of sucking.
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Suction logo #21217Suction was old slang for drinking alcoholic liquor.
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suction logo #20400[n] - a force over an area produced by a pressure difference 2. [v] - remove or draw away by the force of suction 3. [v] - empty or clean by the force of suction, as of a body cavity
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Suction logo #20784A lowering of pressure in a confined space causing a fluid to enter, or one body to adhere to another, under atmospheric pressure.
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suction logo #20974 noun a force over an area produced by a pressure difference
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Suction logo #21107A partial vacuum due to wind loads on a building which cause a load in the outward direction.
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suction logo #21199the act, process, or condition of sucking. · the force that, by a pressure differential, attracts a substance or object to the region of lower pressure. · the act or process of producing such a force.
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Suction logo #24009A small narrow plastic tube attached to a suction pump to remove secretions from the endotracheal tube, mouth or nose.
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