lav|age

lav|age
lav|age «LAV ihj; French. la VAZH», noun, verb, -aged, -ag|ing.
–n.
1. a laving or washing.
2. Medicine. a) a washing out of the stomach, intestines, or other organs: »

gastric lavage.

b) a cleansing by means of injection, as of a saline solution.
–v.t.
Medicine. to wash out or cleanse (a wound or organ).
[< Middle French lavage < laver to wash < Latin lavāre]

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