lavage
pronunciation
How to pronounce lavage in British English:
UK [ˈlævɪdʒ]
How to pronounce lavage in American English:
US [ˈlævɪdʒ, lɑˈvɑʒ]
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- Noun:
- washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
Word Origin
- lavage (n.)
- "a washing," 1895, from French lavage, from laver "to wash" (see lave).
Example
- 1. Let 's do a gastric lavage with warm fluids .
- 2. Study on making pneumoconiosis model and method of lung lavage in rabbit .
- 3. Study of realgar induced apoptosis of eosinophils from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid in asthmatic guinea pigs .
- 4. Is he prepped for gastric lavage ?
- 5. The lavage showed blood in your g.i. tract .