lavage
noun/ˈlævɪdʒ/, /læˈvɑːʒ/
/ˈlævɪdʒ/, /læˈvɑːʒ/
(medical)- the process of washing a space inside the body such as the stomach or colonWord Originlate 18th cent. (in the general sense ‘washing, a wash’): from French, from laver ‘to wash’.
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