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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. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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These are the key findings of a secondary analysis of data from a multicenter study comparing the effectiveness and safety of misoprostol and vacuum aspiration for the treatment of early pregnancy failure. Patients choosing surgery underwent manual vacuum aspiration with local anesthesia at their initial office visit. Although medical abortion is a "low-tech" procedure, provision of this service may require several pieces of equipment--notably, those needed to perform ultrasonography (to date a pregnancy) and manual vacuum aspiration (to treat incomplete abortions). |
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