aspirate

Accompanied by a considerable breath stream through the throat; any phonetic unit whose identifying characteristic is the sound generated by the passage of breath through a relatively open channel, as in the sound "h" or a sound followed by or combined with the sound "h."

Definition reprinted with permission from Hood, Stephen B. (editor) available from Stuttering Foundation of America: Stuttering Words (Publication No 2: Speech Foundation of America)

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