suction (n.)

  1. a force over an area produced by a pressure difference

  2. the act of sucking

    [ Syn: sucking , suck ]

    suction (v.)

  1. remove or draw away by the force of suction; the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs'

  2. empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction; suction the uterus in an abortion'

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