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lavage
(redirected from Bronchoalveolar lavage)

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lav·age  (lvj, lä-väzh)
n.
A washing, especially of a hollow organ, such as the stomach or lower bowel, with repeated injections of water.
[French, from Old French, from laver, to wash, from Latin lavre; see leu()- in Indo-European roots.]
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Noun1.lavage - washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
irrigation - (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution
gastric lavage - washing out the stomach with sterile water or a saltwater solution; removes blood or poisons; "when the doctor ordered a gastric lavage the hospital pumped out my stomach"
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