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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
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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