lavage

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  1. noun A washing, especially of a hollow organ, such as the stomach or lower bowel, with repeated injections of water.

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  • Twenty-two cytokines in the lung tissue homogenates, bronchial lavage (BAL) fluids, and blood from 3, 6, 12, 24 hrs to 1 week after 12Gy whole lung irradiation were profiled using a microsphere-based multiplexed cytokine assay. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • The procedure is called a gastric lavage (commonly known as the stomach pump), and it feels as though your gullet is being gang-raped by horde of carnivorous alien zombies.
  • Three and 24 h after pulmonary exposure, inflammation was assessed by mRNA levels of cytokines in lung tissue, cell composition, genotoxicity, protein and lactate dehydrogenase activity in broncho-alveolar lavage (BAL) fluid. —  BioMed Central - Latest articles
  • Other diagnostic procedures that are performed after an exercise test include endoscopy, bronchoalveolar lavage, and measurement of blood markers of muscle damage. —  TheHorse.com News
  • For bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL), an endoscope or a specially designed flexible rubber tube is positioned in one of the lower airways (a bronchus). —  TheHorse.com News
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  1. French, from Old French, from laver, to wash, from Latin lavāre; see leu(ə)- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. =F. lavage = Portuguese lavagem; as lave + -age.
 

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