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† lavament Obs. [ad. med.L. lavāmentum, f. lavāre to wash. Cf. lavement.] A washing; concr., a wash, lotion.
1597A. M. tr. Guillemeau's Fr. Cirurg. 34 b/2 With cleane linnen..and with decent and convenient lavamentes, we ought to sustayne them [fistulous guts]. Ibid. 49/2 We may, in this disease vse certayne exsiccating Lavamentes. 1658A. Fox Wurtz' Surg. ii. xii. 93 Make a Lavament of Liquorice, let it run gently into the Wound. 1823J. Badcock Dom. Amusem. 18 Herrings..undergo the first lavament in stale chamber-lye. |