vt, -rat*ed  -rat*ing  1  :  to draw by suction  2  :  to remove (as blood) by aspiration <the portal vein is exposed and blood is aspirated with a 50-ml. syringe -Biol. Abstracts>   3  :  INHALE <aspirated material into the respiratory tract -Anesthesia Digest> 
n :  material removed by aspiration .
 
 
 
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