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lavage
lav·age
[
lə v,
lávvij
]
(
plural
lav·ag·es
)
noun
Definition:
washing out of body organ:
the washing out of a hollow body organ such as the stomach using a flow of water
[
Late 18th century. < French
laver
"to wash" < Latin
lavare
]
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