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aspirate
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Withdraw fluid or cells through the use of suction - usually the suction produced by pulling back on the plunger of a syringe attached to a needle which is inserted into the area to be sampled. Also the breathing in of a fluid or foreign substances.
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aspect
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the direction a slope faces (north, south, etc.).
Ãâó: https://www.uwsp.edu/natres/nres743/Glossary.htm
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asporogenous
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not forming spores; of yeasts, those without a known teleomorph. cf. sporogenous.
Ãâó: www.anbg.gov.au/glossary/webpubl/fungloss.htm
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aspirator
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[asp-PER-ray-tor] a simple suction device for picking up small insects, make out of a small bottle, a cork, and two pieces of tubing.
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aspiration
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Removal of fluids by suction from cavities such as the nose, throat or lungs; also, the inhalation into the lungs of fluids, such as water in drowning or stomach contents in vomiting.
Ãâó: www.bdid.com/termsa.htm
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