word meaning - the accepted meaning of a word word sense, acceptation signified, sense - the meaning of a word or expression; the way in which a word or expression or situation can be interpreted; the dictionary gave several senses for the word; in the best sense charity is really a duty; the signifier is linked to the signified
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word Aspiration. Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: aspiration(noun) a will to succeed. ambition, aspiration, dream(noun) a cherished desire. his ambition is to own his own business.
risk for aspiration a nursing diagnosis accepted by the North American Nursing Diagnosis Association, defined as a state in which an individual is at risk for entry of gastric secretions, oropharyngeal secretions, solids, or fluids into the tracheobronchial passage.