sugescent

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English

Etymology

Latin sugere (“to suck”).

Pronunciation

Adjective

sugescent (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to sucking.
    • 1802, William Paley, Natural Theology:
      None of the animals which are not designed for that nourishment , ever offer to suck , or to seek out any such food . What is the conclusion , but that the sugescent parts of animals are fitted for their use
    • 1794, John Hunter, A Treatise on the Blood, Inflammation, and Gunshot Wounds:
      It is probable that the utmost sugescent power of any of these causes, or all of them combined, in ordinary respiration is not sufficient to raise a column of blood of a single inch […]
    • 1826, Edinburgh Journal of Medical Science, volume 2, page 462:
      This sugescent power is originated by the removal of atmospheric pressure […]

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “sugescent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

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