aspirator
noun
as·pi·ra·tor
ˈa-spə-ˌrā-tər 
: an apparatus for producing suction or moving or collecting materials by suction
especially
: a hollow tubular instrument connected with a partial vacuum and used to remove fluid or tissue or foreign bodies from the body
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Using themselves as bait, team members waited for mosquitoes to approach before hoovering them up with handheld aspirators, says study co-author Gong Cheng of Tsinghua University.
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Catherine Offord, science.org, 18 Apr. 2024
With the dim light available, two insects were sucked into an aspirator.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Provide relief to runny noses with these manual and electric nasal aspirators.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 10 May 2024
Step 3: Blow Out The Eggs Start with an unused nasal aspirator.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
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Catherine Offord, science.org, 18 Apr. 2024
With the dim light available, two insects were sucked into an aspirator.
—Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
Provide relief to runny noses with these manual and electric nasal aspirators.
—Christin Perry, Parents, 10 May 2024
Step 3: Blow Out The Eggs Start with an unused nasal aspirator.
—Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2024
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“Aspirator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aspirator. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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aspirator
noun
as·pi·ra·tor
ˈas-pə-ˌrāt-ər
: an apparatus for producing suction or moving or collecting materials by suction
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aspirator
noun
as·pi·ra·tor
ˈas-pə-ˌrāt-ər
: an apparatus for producing suction or moving or collecting materials by suction
especially
: a hollow tubular instrument connected with a partial vacuum and used to remove fluid or tissue or foreign bodies from the body
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