ASPIRATE -
Noun: An aspirate is a small volume of bone marrow which is removed under local anaesthetic from either the hip bone or the breast bone by suction. The cells in the sample can then be examined under the microscope to identify any abnormality in the developing blood cells.

Verb: The action of doing this.

Latin - ad = toward + spirare = to breathe

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