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noun Medicine/Medical.

a method of sampling the contents of the uterus for diagnostic purposes.

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Origin of vacuum aspiration

First recorded in 1965–70

Words nearby vacuum aspiration

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Its first cost and expense in working to be much less than that of the Watt low-pressure steam vacuum engine.
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The Wheal Prosper 16-inch pole high-pressure expansive steam vacuum engine commenced its up-stroke with steam of 100 lbs.
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The steam pressure in the Newcomen atmospheric was continued unaltered in the Watt vacuum engine.
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A very thin vacuum shutter forms a better interrupter of sound waves than a brick wall two or three feet in thickness.
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Medical definitions for vacuum aspiration

vacuum aspiration

n.

A method of abortion performed during the first trimester, in which the contents of the uterus are withdrawn through a narrow tube.suction curettage vacuum curettage

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