noun
lavage
noun
1
A medical washing or rinsing, especially of an internal organ or cavity.
"Doctors performed a gastric lavage after the patient swallowed the pills."
How to Use Lavage
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA medical term for flushing out or rinsing part of the body, such as the stomach.
When to use it
A clinical/medical term, not used in everyday speech.
Word Forms
lavaged past tense, lavages plural, lavages singular
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Etymology
Borrowed from French lavage, "washing," from laver, "to wash."