gastric lavage
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 2.13 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Others have used a multitherapy approach, including gastric lavage with acetylcysteine and nystatin, as well as oral papain and promotility therapy with metoclopramide."
- "If poison has been swallowed (a) if he is conscious and the pharyngeal reflex is present, the fauces are stimulated with the finger or he is given salt water to drink (one dessertful of salt to a tumbler of water) to stimulate vomiting; (b) if he is unconscious, gastric lavage is performed; special care is required with old people, young children, people who have had abdominal operations, people who have swallowed a corrosive poison - strong acid or alkali."
Inflected Forms
gastric lavages (plural)