GASTRIC LAVAGE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • washing out the stomach with sterile water or a salt-water solution
    • removes blood or poisons
    Usage Example(s)
    • when the doctor ordered a gastric lavage the hospital pumped out my stomach
    Hypernyms(s) gastric lavage is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower