What does sugescent mean?
Sugescent means (archaic) Of or relating to sucking..
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/suːˈd͡ʒɛsənt/ · adjective
(archaic) Of or relating to sucking..
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 […]
None of the animals, which are not deſigned for that nouriſhment [milk], 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, and the knowledge of that uſe put into them?
This sugescent power is originated by the removal of atmospheric pressure […]
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Sugescent means (archaic) Of or relating to sucking..
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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 […]
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