See Also: suction(dictionary)
suction(dictionary)
suction(medicine)
suction cup(medicine)
posttussive suction(medicine)
perilimbal suction cup(medicine)
suction drainage(medicine)
suction ophthalmodynamometer(medicine)
suction plate(medicine)
Wangensteen suction(medicine)

suction (oh)



[Date: 1600-1700; Language: Late Latin; Origin: suctio, from Latin sugere 'to suck']
the process of removing air or liquid from an enclosed space so that another substance is sucked in, or so that two surfaces stick together
::My vacuum cleaner has very good suction.
::a suction pump
the force that causes a substance to be sucked into a closed space when the air or liquid already present is removed