SUCTION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 25

n. Su3k's husn. Lat., suctio (from sugere, to suck). Fr., s. Ger., Saugen. The proce of sucking, [a, 48.] S. of cataract. Lat., suctio lenlis. See Teale's operation by s. under Cataract EXTRACTION. [s. 561]