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suction tip

suction tip noun: a Yankauer suction tip, a medical suctioning instrument.

Noun

suction tip (plural suction tips)

  1. A Yankauer suction tip, a medical suctioning instrument.
    • But, once the fluid has been drained off, the suction tip has now been firmly clamped to the child’s body, and the child is being pulled in a downward direction, by the abortionist’s suction tip with the negative pressure applied to it, and the body is now being torn, systematically, from the head.1984, Bernard Nathanson, The Silent Scream
    • Of course, one must take care not to inadvertently seal the ear canal with the suction tip, thereby risking "tympanic membrane barotrauma" and possibly sucking out the patient's brains.1997 September 19, Cecil Adams, “the Straight Dope”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of suction tip

pluralsuction tips

Questions about suction tip

What does suction tip mean?
Suction tip means a Yankauer suction tip, a medical suctioning instrument.
What part of speech is suction tip?
Suction tip is a noun.
What is the plural of suction tip?
The plural of suction tip is suction tips.

Words near suction tip in the dictionary

  1. suction curettages
  2. suction gun
  3. suction point
  4. suction stop
  5. suction stops
  6. suction tip
  7. suction valve
  8. suction valves
  9. suctional
  10. suctioned
  11. suctioning

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