Definition of Lavement

1. n. A washing or bathing; also, a clyster.

Definition of Lavement

1. a washing [n -S] - See also: washing

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavement

lavateras
lavatic
lavation
lavations
lavatorial
lavatories
lavatory
lavature
lave
lave-eared
laved
laveer
laveered
laveering
laveers
lavement (current term)
lavements
lavender
lavender cotton
lavender marriages
lavendered
lavendering
lavenderish
lavenders
lavendery
lavendulan
laver
laverbread
laverock

Literary usage of Lavement

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medical lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science, Containing a Concise by Robley Dunglison (1866)
"... lavement, J{fiuf,ìr. A liquid, thrown into the large intestines by means of a syringe, or bladder and pipe properly prepared, ..."

2. The Homoeopathic domestic medicine by Joseph Laurie (1883)
"For a young person of twelve or fifteen years of age twelve ounces of the lavement will suffice, and eight ounces in the case of a child of ten years of age ..."

3. The Medico-chirurgical Review (1825)
"On the first day, they exhibit a purgative lavement, prepared by ... At five o'clock in the evening, an anodyne lavement is administered : the ingredients ..."

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