aspiration

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aspiration fine needle aspiration vacuum aspiration

Main Entry: as·pi·ra·tion
Pronunciation: as-p-r-shn
Function: noun
: a drawing of something in, out, up, or through by or as if by suction: as a : the act of breathing and especially of breathing in b : the withdrawal of fluid or friable tissue from the body c : the taking of foreign matter into the lungs with the respiratory current
- as·pi·ra·tion·al /-shnl, -shn-l/ adjective