gastric lavage

gastric lavage

noun Medicine/Medical.
the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
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gastric lavage

noun
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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