lavage

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French lavage.

Pronunciation

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Noun

lavage (plural lavages)

1. A washing.
2. (medicine) A washing of a hollow organ.

Verb

lavage (third-person singular simple present lavages, present participle lavaging, simple past and past participle lavaged)

1. (medicine) To wash a hollow organ

Derived terms

• broncholavage
• gastric lavage
• gastrolavage
• lavageable
• unlavaged
• whole lung lavage

French

Etymology

From laver +‎ -age.

Noun

lavage m (plural lavages)

1. washing (act of washing)

Derived terms

• lavage de cerveau
• station de lavage

Descendants

• → Italian: lavaggio

Further reading

• “lavage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• vagale

Norman

Etymology

laver (“to wash”) +‎ -age

Pronunciation

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Noun

lavage m (plural lavages)

1. (Jersey) washing (act of washing)