Med. the washing out of an organ, as the stomach, intestinal tract, or sinuses
Origin of lavage
French from laver from Classical Latin lavare, to wash: see lavelavage
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lavage
noun
A washing, especially of a hollow organ, such as the stomach or lower bowel, with repeated injections of water.
Origin of lavage
French from Old French from laver to wash from Latin lavāre ; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present lavages, present participle lavaging, simple past and past participle lavaged)
- (medicine) To wash a hollow organ
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lavage - Medical Definition
n.
A washing, especially of a hollow organ, such as the stomach or lower bowel, with repeated injections of water.
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