1. A force over an area produced by a pressure difference
   "The vacuum cleaner uses suction to remove dirt from carpets"
    
2. The act of sucking
   "The baby's suction on the bottle was strong";
   - suck

1. Remove or draw away by the force of suction
   "the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs"
    
2. Empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
   "suction the uterus in an abortion"

Derived forms: suctioned, suctions, suctioning

Type of: consumption, empty, evacuate, force per unit area, ingestion, intake, pressure, pressure level, remove, take, take away, uptake, void, withdraw

Encyclopedia: Suction