Aspiration pneumonia
aspiration pneumonia
aspiration pneumonia n.
Bronchopneumonia resulting from the entrance of foreign material, usually food particles or vomit, into the bronchi.
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relating to or characterized by or a strong desire for something: their aspirational goals for the New Year. aimed at or appealing to people who want to attain a higher social position or standard of living: a magazine featuring aspirational products for the home. Medicine/Medical. relating to the act of removing a fluid from a […]
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a strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations. a goal or objective that is strongly desired: The presidency has been his aspiration since boyhood. the act of aspirating or breathing in. Phonetics. articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h -sound of how, or of when (hwen), or in the […]
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