1. 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"

Derived forms: gastric lavages

Type of: lavage

Encyclopedia: Gastric lavage

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• transversus abdominis muscle
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