lavage

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French lavage.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (US)(file)

Noun[edit]

lavage (plural lavages)

  1. A washing.
  2. (medicine) A washing of a hollow organ.

Verb[edit]

lavage (third-person singular simple present lavages, present participle lavaging, simple past and past participle lavaged)

  1. (medicine) To wash a hollow organ

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From laver +‎ -age.

Noun[edit]

lavage m (plural lavages)

  1. washing (act of washing)

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → Italian: lavaggio

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

Norman[edit]

Etymology[edit]

laver (“to wash”) +‎ -age

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Noun[edit]

lavage m (plural lavages)

  1. (Jersey) washing (act of washing)
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