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aspiration
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aspiration
1. 
a. the act of breathing
b. a breath
2. removal of air or fluid from a body cavity by suction
3. Med
a. the sucking of fluid or foreign matter into the air passages of the body
b. the removal of air or fluid from the body by suction
aspiration [‚as·pə′rā·shən]
(medicine)
The removal of fluids from a cavity by suction.
(microbiology)
The use of suction to draw up a sample in a pipette.
(science and technology)
Act or the result of removing, carrying along, or drawing by suction.
aspiration
In an air-conditioned room, the pulling of room air into the moving air-stream which is discharging from a diffuser.
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Future Directions of Surfactant In addition to RDS of the newborn, surfactant replacement therapy has been considered in meconium aspiration syndrome.
Surfactant: agents utilized to lower surface tension by Gardenhire, Doug / FOCUS: Journal for Respiratory Care & Sleep Medicine
When he was born, Arthur suffered from meconium aspiration syndrome - a condition caused when babies swallow a mixture of their first bowel movements and the fluids in the womb.
Our thousands of thanks for saving baby Arthur by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England)
Methods: Retrospective observational study of cases of meconium-stained fluid and meconium aspiration syndrome in geographically isolated hospital was undertaken to evaluate a possible risk factor not previously identified.
Water source as a possible novel risk factor for meconium aspiration ... by Hicks, Paul; Prieto-Hicks, Ximena / Journal of Applied Research
 
 
 
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