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.

phonetics

voiceless

Having no voice

bilabial · velar · alveolar · fricatives · palatal · dental · uvular · pharyngeal · articulation · phonology

medical

suction

Pulling via pressure difference

  • needlePointed implement for sewing
  • syringeMedical injection tool
  • biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis

fluid · drainage · extraction · catheter · specimen · cytology · marrow · cyst · abscess · pneumonia

breath

inhale

Draw air in

inhalation · lungs · air · oxygen · diaphragm · ventilation · pulmonary · respiratory · bronchial · gasp

Categories
Opposites
phonetic articulation

aspiratesnasals

Sounds produced through nose

breathing action

aspiratesexpires

Comes to an end

exhales · inhales

Phrases
Family

aspiration, aspirations, aspirational, aspirate, aspirator, aspirated, aspirating, aspirators

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