Definition of "aspirates" [aspirates]

• Plural form of aspirate. (noun)

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• "There's no strain, no pinched notes, no aspirates, that is no extra breath coming out with the notes."
• "In Dwarvish, which did not possess the sounds represented above by th and ch (kh), th and kh are aspirates, that is t or k followed by an h, more or less as in backhand, outhouse."
• "Cancer Cytogenetics Laboratory: tissue biopsies and bone marrow aspirates for karyotype and SNP array."