title: Aspiration.
abstract: Aspiration lands in the dictionary between aspidistra and aspirin - a Victorian parlour plant and an anti-inflammatory with new-found cardiac and DVT prevention qualities. What do we make of that as a sign of the times?
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hancocks
mesh_terms: D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D003142:Communication; D003813:Dentistry; D006801:Humans; D001239:Inhalation; D011215:Practice Management, Dental / Q000191:economics; D009626:Terminology as Topic