Aspirator
noun
A device used for drawing air or other gases through a liquid or fluid.
The technician used an aspirator to draw out the liquid.
Often appears as...
- apply aspirator
- turn on aspirator
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A device used to remove mucus and fluid from a person's nose or mouth, especially a baby's.
The doctor used a nasal aspirator to clear the baby's blocked nose.
Often appears as...
- using nasal aspirator
- baby aspirator
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
An instrument or device that sucks in dust or other particles.
The vacuum cleaner uses an aspirator to suck in dust from the floor.
Often appears as...
- aspirator vacuum
- using aspirator
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A device used for drawing air or other gases through a liquid or fluid.
The technician used an aspirator to draw out the liquid.
Often appears as...
- apply aspirator
- turn on aspirator
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
A device used to remove mucus and fluid from a person's nose or mouth, especially a baby's.
The doctor used a nasal aspirator to clear the baby's blocked nose.
Often appears as...
- using nasal aspirator
- baby aspirator
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
noun
An instrument or device that sucks in dust or other particles.
The vacuum cleaner uses an aspirator to suck in dust from the floor.
Often appears as...
- aspirator vacuum
- using aspirator
Usage tips
Formal
Academic
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Usage
Often used in scientific discussion when talking about air or gas movement.
We'll need an aspirator to conduct the airflow experiment properly.
Pro Tip 2/3Lab Equipment
Commonly found in labs to handle hazardous materials with care.
Always use an aspirator when dealing with toxic fumes.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Clarity
Identify the context from surrounding words to avoid confusing with medical or technical devices.
In the lab, the aspirator is essential for filtering solutions.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Usage
Often used in scientific discussion when talking about air or gas movement.
We'll need an aspirator to conduct the airflow experiment properly.
Pro Tip 2/3Lab Equipment
Commonly found in labs to handle hazardous materials with care.
Always use an aspirator when dealing with toxic fumes.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Clarity
Identify the context from surrounding words to avoid confusing with medical or technical devices.
In the lab, the aspirator is essential for filtering solutions.
Pro Tip 1/3Technical Usage
Often used in scientific discussion when talking about air or gas movement.
We'll need an aspirator to conduct the airflow experiment properly.
Pro Tip 2/3Lab Equipment
Commonly found in labs to handle hazardous materials with care.
Always use an aspirator when dealing with toxic fumes.
Pro Tip 3/3Context Clarity
Identify the context from surrounding words to avoid confusing with medical or technical devices.
In the lab, the aspirator is essential for filtering solutions.
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only this time, every time the fruit fly eats the broccoli, we're going to trigger a big bright red light. And when the channels see that red light, they're going to open up, and they're going to cause that neuron to fire, and the sweet taste message will be sent to the brain. How do you get them out? So we're going to be using a mouth aspirator,
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Would You Risk Venomous...
stung by the harvester ants I use an aspirator as we call it so what I do is I can very carefully pick up the and if you do it right you can pick up just the end and not a whole mouthful of dirt
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How you can make a fruit...
only this time, every time the fruit fly eats the broccoli, we're going to trigger a big bright red light. And when the channels see that red light, they're going to open up, and they're going to cause that neuron to fire, and the sweet taste message will be sent to the brain. How do you get them out? So we're going to be using a mouth aspirator,
Video examples
Would You Risk Venomous...
stung by the harvester ants I use an aspirator as we call it so what I do is I can very carefully pick up the and if you do it right you can pick up just the end and not a whole mouthful of dirt
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