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Look up: lavage

  1. Lavage
    A saline solution used to wash out wounds and body cavities.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  2. lavage
    [n] - washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  3. lavage
    Irrigation or washing out of a hollow organ or cavity such as the stomach, intestine or the lungs.
    Found on http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/enviro/iupacgloss

  4. Lavage
    Lavage: Washing out. Gastric lavage is washing out the stomach, for example, to remove drugs or poisons.
    Found on http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art.

  5. lavage
    the washing out of a hollow cavity or organ Category: Medicine
    Found on http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/definition

  6. lavage
    Washing out of a cavity (eg.peritoneal cavity) in order to remove loosely adherent cells.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/visitor-contrib

  7. lavage
    Washing out. Gastric lavage is washing out the stomach, for example, to remove drugs or poisons. ... (12 Dec 1998) ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  8. lavage
    noun washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  9. lavage
    (lah-vahzh´) irrigation or washing out of an organ or cavity, as of the stomach or intestine. to wash out, or irrigate. bronchoalveolar lavage a technique by which cells and fluid from bronchioles and lung alveoli are removed for diagnosis of disease or evaluation o...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  10. lavage
    (from the article `pulmonary alveolar proteinosis`) ...considerable periods, and spontaneous improvement has been known to occur; it is sometimes fatal, but rarely so, if treated. Treatment involves ... ...the air spaces open. Buildup of this liquid within the air spaces interferes with gas exchange and causes progressive shortness of b...
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/l/22

  11. lavage
    lavage 1. Washing of a body cavity. 2. Irrigation of a body or organ cavity; such as, of the stomach, bowel, bladder, etc. 3. The purification of a solid, liquid, or gas by means of a substance or solution that is not itself contaminated and will not dissolve or decompose the substance to be purif...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  12. lavage
    Type: Term Pronunciation: lă-vahzh′ Definitions: 1. The washing out of a hollow cavity or organ by copious injections and rejections of fluid.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  13. LAVAGE
    Irrigation or flushing out.
    Found on http://www.thehorse.com/Glossary.xhtml?L



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