Taber's Medical Dictionary
suction
[L. suctio, sucking]
The drawing of fluids or solids from a surface, using negative pressures.
SEE: aspiration
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Suction." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764104/all/suction.
Suction. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764104/all/suction. Accessed April 20, 2026.
Suction. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764104/all/suction
Suction [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 April 20]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764104/all/suction.
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