aspirate
Sound the aitch
Aspirate centers on breath or breathing.
In phonetics, to aspirate a consonant is to pronounce it with an audible puff of air: English speakers aspirate the *p* in "pit" but not in "spit." In medicine, to aspirate is to draw fluid or tissue from the body using suction, or conversely, to accidentally inhale something into the lungs: The patient aspirated food into her airway.
As a noun, an aspirate is an aspirated sound or the letter *h*.
Having no voice
- plosiveConsonant with blocked release
- consonantIn agreement with
- glottalOf the throat opening
- fricativeConsonant with audible friction
affricate · allophone · phoneme · velar · bilabial · palatal · dental · articulation
Draw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- breatheExchange air through lungs
- breathAir taken in
- lungRespiratory chest organ
diaphragm · alveoli · bronchial · trachea · oxygen · ventilation · apnea · asthma
Pulling via pressure difference
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- tracheotomyAirway incision procedure
- bronchoscopyInternal lung inspection via tube
- endotrachealWithin the windpipe
ventilator · laryngoscope · needle · syringe · drainage · biopsy · pneumonia · pulmonary
voiceless
Having no voice
fricative · affricate · allophone · phoneme · velar · bilabial · palatal · dental · articulation · phonology
inhale
Draw air in
lung · diaphragm · alveoli · bronchial · trachea · oxygen · ventilation · apnea · asthma · dyspnea
suction
Pulling via pressure difference
- intubationPlacing airway tube
- tracheotomyAirway incision procedure
- bronchoscopyInternal lung inspection via tube
endotracheal · ventilator · laryngoscope · needle · syringe · drainage · biopsy · pneumonia · pulmonary · anesthesiology
suction
Pulling via pressure difference
extraction · drainage · evacuation · draw · nozzle · syringe · needle · removal · fluid · withdraw
- medical verbsdiagnose, treat, prescribe, cure, heal
- surgical proceduresincise, excise, suture, resect, dissect
- phoneticsphonemes, phoneme, vocal folds, consonants, vowels
- biohazard wastemedical waste, sharps containers, hazardous waste, biohazard, needles
- breathingbreathing, inhalation, breath, exhalation, breathe
- inhalationinhale, breath, breaths, deep breath, gasp
- career aspirationsDesired professional trajectory
- hidden aspirationsUndisclosed personal goals
- aspiration pneumoniaLung infection from aspirated material
- naturally aspiratedRelies on atmospheric pressure
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