Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

barbotage

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: bar-b-o-tage
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Repeated injection and aspiration of fluid, used in such instances as the injection of spinal anesthetic, to break up and remove calcification (e.g., in a joint), and for obtaining fluid cytology (e.g., from the bladder or urethra).

Inflected Forms

barbotages (plural)

Questions

What does barbotage mean?: Repeated injection and aspiration of fluid, used in such instances as the injection of spinal anesthetic, to break up and remove calcification (e.g., in a joint), and for obtaining fluid cytology (e.g., from the bladder or urethra).

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