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Lavage

noun
1.
Washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water.



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gastric lavage


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"Lavage" Quotes from Famous Books



... as drainage of pulmonary abscesses, the lavage treatment of bronchiectasis and for foreign-body or other cases with abundant secretions, a drainage-bronchoscope is useful The drainage canal may be on top, or on the under surface next to the light-carrier canal. For ordinary work, however, secretion in the bronchus is best removed by sponge-pumping ...
— Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy - A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery • Chevalier Jackson


Words linked to "Lavage" :   gastric lavage, irrigation, lave


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