suction

Noun

• the act of sucking

• a force over an area produced by a pressure difference

Verb

• empty or clean (a body cavity) by the force of suction
  • suction the uterus in an abortion
    

• remove or draw away by the force of suction
  • the doctors had to suction the water from the patient's lungs
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  sucking , suck