aspiration: Meaning and Definition of

as•pi•ra•tion

1. strong desire, longing, or aim; ambition: intellectual aspirations.
2. a goal or objective desired: The presidency is the traditional aspiration of young American boys.
3. act of aspirating; breath.
1. articulation accompanied by an audible puff of breath, as in the h-sound of how, or of when (hwen), or in the release of initial stops, as in the k-sound of key.
2. the use of an aspirate in pronunciation.
1. the act of removing a fluid, as pus or serum, from a cavity of the body, by a hollow needle or trocar connected with a suction syringe.
2. the act of inhaling fluid or a foreign body into the bronchi and lungs, often after vomiting.