suction

(noun, verb)

noun

1. a force over an area produced by a pressure difference

Definition categories: phenomenon, pressure

2. the act of sucking

Similar word(s): suck, sucking

Definition categories: act, consumption, ingestion, intake, uptake

verb

1. remove or draw away by the force of suction

- the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs

Definition categories: motion

2. empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction

- suction the uterus in an abortion

Definition categories: body, empty, evacuate, void