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exsuction|ɛkˈsʌkʃən|
Also 7 exuction.
[n. of action f. L. exsūgĕre, f. ex- out + sūgĕre to suck. Cf. suction.]
The action of sucking out, esp. the drawing out (air) by an air-pump.
1660Boyle New Exp. Phys. Mech. Proem 5 The exsuction of Air. 1713Derham Phys. Theol. 8 footn., In the Air-pump..[some] Animals..die in less than half a Minute, counting from the very first Exsuction. 1832in Webster; and in mod. Dicts. |