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Aspirated

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as⋅pi⋅rate

  [v. as-puh-reyt; n., adj., as-per-it] verb, -rat⋅ed, -rat⋅ing, noun, adjective
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–verb (used with object)
1. Phonetics.
a. to articulate (a speech sound, esp. a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated.
b. to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h-sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.
2. Medicine/Medical.
a. to remove (a fluid) from a body cavity by use of an aspirator or suction syringe.
b. to inhale (fluid or a foreign body) into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.
3. to draw or remove by suction.
–noun
4. Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h-sounds.
5. Medicine/Medical. the substance or contents that have been aspirated.
–adjective
6. Phonetics. (of a speech sound) pronounced with or accompanied by aspiration; aspirated.
Origin:
1660–70; < L aspīrātus breathed upon (ptp. of aspīrāre). See aspire, -ate 1
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as·pi·rate   (ās'pə-rāt')   
tr.v.   as·pi·rat·ed, as·pi·rat·ing, as·pi·rates

  1. Linguistics

    1. To pronounce (a vowel or word) with the initial release of breath associated with English h, as in hurry.

    2. To follow (a consonant, especially a stop consonant) with a puff of breath that is clearly audible before the next sound begins, as in English pit or kit.

    3. To remove an abnormal accumulation of (a liquid or gas) from the body by aspiration.

    4. To suction (a body part or growth, for example) for the removal of a liquid or a gas.

  2. To draw (something) into the lungs; inhale.

  3. Medicine

    1. To remove an abnormal accumulation of (a liquid or gas) from the body by aspiration.

    2. To suction (a body part or growth, for example) for the removal of a liquid or a gas.

n.   (-pər-ĭt)

  1. Linguistics

    1. The speech sound represented by English h.

    2. The puff of air accompanying the release of a stop consonant.

    3. A speech sound followed by a puff of breath.

  2. Medicine Matter removed by aspiration.


[Latin aspīrāre, aspīrāt-, to breathe on : ad-, ad- + spīrāre, to breathe.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

aspirate  (n.)
1725, "sound of the letter 'H'," especially at the beginning of a word. From L. spiritus asper, lit. "rough breath," from asper "rough" + apiritus (see spirit). The verb is first attested 1700.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 2as·pi·rate
Pronunciation: 'as-p(&-)ret
Function: noun
: material removed by aspiration
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

aspirate as·pi·rate (ās'pə-rāt')
v. as·pi·rat·ed, as·pi·rat·ing, as·pi·rates
To take in or remove by aspiration. n. (-pər-ĭt)
A substance removed by aspiration.

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