Definition of "suctioning" [suctioning]

• Present participle of suction. (verb)

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• "Mr B told Mr Justice McFarlane that, because of RB's lack of facial expression and physical movement, it was difficult to assess how much pain he suffered from procedures such as swine flu injections and the regular 'suctioning' required to remove fluid from his airways."
• "Their principle concern was that he was unable to show, by facial expression or bodily movement, when he was in pain during the stressful treatment he had to undergo, including regular "suctioning" of his airways to remove fluid."
• "He knew how to respond to her ventilator alarms and how to perform tracheal suctioning on her."