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aspirator
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun aspirator has 1 sense
- aspirator(n = noun.artifact) Array - a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid; Array is a kind of pump
Derived form verb aspirate3
CIDE DICTIONARY
aspirator, n.
- An apparatus for passing air or gases through or over certain liquids or solids, or for exhausting a closed vessel, by means of suction. [1913 Webster]
- An instrument for the evacuation of the fluid contents of tumors or collections of blood. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
aspirator, n. an apparatus for aspirating fluid.
Etymology
L aspirare (as ASPIRATE, -OR(1))
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