aspiration : Idioms & Phrases

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aspiration pneumonia

  • noun inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)
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vacuum aspiration

  • noun a method of induced abortion; prior to the 14th week of gestation the embryo and placenta are removed by applying suction to the dilated cervix
    suction curettage.
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