aspirates
Pronounces with breath
Aspirates means breathes or pronounces with an audible puff of breath.
The "p" in "pin" is aspirated; the "p" in "spin" is not.
In medicine, to aspirate is to draw fluid from the body with suction, or to accidentally inhale food or liquid into the lungs: The patient aspirated vomit during surgery.
As a noun, an aspirate is a sound pronounced with breath or fluid removed by suction.
Having no voice
- plosivesConsonants with airflow burst
- glottalOf the throat opening
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
- bilabialMade with both lips
velar · alveolar · fricatives · palatal · dental · uvular · pharyngeal · articulation
Pulling via pressure difference
- needlePointed implement for sewing
- syringeMedical injection tool
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- fluidSubstance that flows
drainage · extraction · catheter · specimen · cytology · marrow · cyst · abscess
Draw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
- breatheExchange air through lungs
- inhalationTaking breath in
lungs · air · oxygen · diaphragm · ventilation · pulmonary · respiratory · bronchial
voiceless
Having no voice
- plosivesConsonants with airflow burst
- glottalOf the throat opening
- consonantsLetters that aren't vowels
bilabial · velar · alveolar · fricatives · palatal · dental · uvular · pharyngeal · articulation · phonology
suction
Pulling via pressure difference
fluid · drainage · extraction · catheter · specimen · cytology · marrow · cyst · abscess · pneumonia
inhale
Draw air in
- exhaleExpel breath outward
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
- breatheExchange air through lungs
inhalation · lungs · air · oxygen · diaphragm · ventilation · pulmonary · respiratory · bronchial · gasp
- Sanskrit soundsvowels, consonants, varna, nasals, sibilants
- scriptsalphabet, Latin alphabet, Roman alphabet, Greek alphabet, Hebrew alphabet
- phonologyphonemes, phoneme, consonants, vowels, allophone
- career aspirationsDesired professional trajectory
- hidden aspirationsUndisclosed personal goals
- aspiration pneumoniaLung infection from aspirated material
- naturally aspiratedRelies on atmospheric pressure
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