Unaspirated


verb (used with object), aspirated, aspirating.
1.
Phonetics.

to articulate (a speech sound, especially a stop) so as to produce an audible puff of breath, as with the first t of total, the second t being unaspirated.
to articulate (the beginning of a word or syllable) with an h -sound, as in which, pronounced (hwich), or hitch as opposed to witch or itch.

2.
Medicine/Medical.

to remove (a fluid) from a body cavity by use of an aspirator or suction syringe.
to inhale (fluid or a foreign body) into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.

3.
to draw or remove by suction.
noun
4.
Phonetics. a speech sound having as an obvious concomitant an audible puff of breath, as initial stop consonants or initial h -sounds.
5.
Medicine/Medical. the substance or contents that have been aspirated.
adjective
6.
Phonetics. (of a speech sound) pronounced with or accompanied by aspiration; aspirated.
verb (transitive) (ˈæspɪˌreɪt)
1.
(phonetics)

to articulate (a stop) with some force, so that breath escapes with audible friction as the stop is released
to pronounce (a word or syllable) with an initial h

2.
to draw in or remove by inhalation or suction, esp to suck (air or fluid) from a body cavity or to inhale (fluid) into the lungs after vomiting
3.
to supply air to (an internal-combustion engine)
noun (ˈæspɪrɪt)
4.
(phonetics)

a stop pronounced with an audible release of breath
the glottal fricative represented in English and several other languages as h

adjective (ˈæspɪrɪt)
5.
(phonetics) (of a stop) pronounced with a forceful and audible expulsion of breath

aspirate as·pi·rate (ās’pə-rāt’)
v. as·pi·rat·ed, as·pi·rat·ing, as·pi·rates
To take in or remove by aspiration. n. (-pər-ĭt)
A substance removed by aspiration.

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