3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Suction \Suc"tion\, n. [L. sugere, suctum, to suck; cf. OF. suction. See {Suck}, v. t.] The act or process of sucking; the act of drawing, as fluids, by exhausting the air. [1913 Webster] {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 pressure. See Illust. of {Pump}. [1913 Webster] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: suction n 1: a force over an area produced by a pressure difference 2: the act of sucking [syn: {sucking}, {suck}] 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" From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]: 32 Moby Thesaurus words for "suction": aspiration, bleeding, bloodletting, broaching, cupping, drafting, drag, drainage, draining, drawing, emptying, favor, inhalation, inhalement, inside track, inspiration, interest, milking, phlebotomy, pipetting, pull, pumping, siphoning, sniff, sniffle, snuff, snuffle, special favor, suck, sucking, tapping, venesection
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