lavage

noun

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la·vage | \ lə-ˈväzh

, British usually ˈla-vij \

Definition of lavage

: washing especially : the therapeutic washing out of an organ or part

Examples of lavage in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Jimenez was also able to work remotely from Hotel Influenza, taking meetings in between the occasional blood draw and nasal lavage. — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2022 Gastric lavage — Otherwise known as stomach pumping. — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 May 2022 Doctors collected samples of fluid from her lungs using what's known as a bronchoalveolar lavage, and tested that fluid for SARS-CoV-2. — Kristen Jordan Shamus, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2021 For the study, health investigators collected bronchoalveolar lavage fluid samples—that is fluid flushed into and then recollected from the lung through a tube inserted into the mouth or nose. — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 8 Nov. 2019 To catch it early, Dr. Shohreh Shahabi, chief of gynecologic oncology at Northwestern Medicine, is experimenting with a procedure known as uterine lavage. — Claire Altschuler, chicagotribune.com, 21 May 2018

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