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aspiration pneumonia
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inflammation of the lungs caused by inhaling or choking on vomitus; may occur during unconsciousness (anesthesia or drunkenness or seizure or cardiac arrest)
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aspirator
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a pump that draws air or another gas through a liquid
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aspirin
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the acetylated derivative of salicylic acid; used as an analgesic anti-inflammatory drug (trade names Bayer and Empirin) usually taken in tablet form; used as an antipyretic; slows clotting of the blood by poisoning platelets
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Asp
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of southern Europe; similar to but smaller than the adder cobra used by the Pharaohs as a symbol of their power over life and death
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aspect
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In linguistics, grammatical aspect is a property of a verb that defines the nature of temporal flow (or lack thereof) in the described event or state. In most modern Indo-European languages, including English, the concept of aspect has become conflated with the concept of tense, although aspect is still marked independently of tense in modern Slavic languages such as Russian. ...
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