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Definition of Gastric lavage
1. Noun. 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"
Medical Definition of Gastric lavage
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gastric Lavage
Literary usage of Gastric lavage
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the digestive system by Frank Billings (1906)
"THE HISTORY AND CLINICAL INDICATIONS OF gastric lavage Bv W. KLEINER, ...
THE HISTORY OF gastric lavage At the close of the sixth decade of the preceding ..."
2. Diseases of the Intestines by Ismar Boas (1904)
"... which is fastened to a support, and, like the well-known Leube-Rosenthal
apparatus for gastric lavage, is also furnished with a T-shaped tube. ..."
3. Progressive Medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1917)
"... frequent gastric lavage in order to ensure their comfort. This frequent lavage
is to be condemned, not only on account of its disagreeable features, ..."
4. Therapeutic Gazette (1917)
"It is quite evident to those who have watched the behavior of a stomach by means
of fluoroscopic screen when a tube is inserted into it that gastric lavage ..."
5. Diseases of the Stomach by Ismar Boas (1907)
"Technique of gastric lavage. For the purpose of lavage we employ most preferably
a siphon apparatus, by attaching a piece of glass tube to the stomach tube, ..."
6. Diseases of the Digestive Organs: With Special Reference to Their Diagnosis by Charles Dettie Aaron (1921)
"Treatment by gastric lavage.—gastric lavage is indicated in cases of chronic ...
The frequency with which gastric lavage should be practiced must be ..."
7. Treatment of Internal Diseases: For Physicians and Students by Norbert Ortner, Nathaniel Bowditch Potter (1913)
"gastric lavage is used for both diagnostic and therapeutic purposes. A simple
syphon apparatus is generally employed. This consists of a large glass funnel ..."
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