aspiration

Aspiration stands for:

• (elevated) in everyday language : goal-oriented hope or an aspiration
• Aspiration (medicine) , penetration of liquid or solid substances into the airways ("swallowing")
• Aspiration (phonetics) , breathy pronunciation of a sound
• Aspiration (conveyor technology) , dedusting machines and conveyor systems
• drawing liquid into a syringe

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Wiktionary: Aspiration  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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