Lavage is an English word with synonyms like irrigation. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Lavage in a sentence
Lavage meaning
- A washing.
- A washing of a hollow organ.
Synonyms of Lavage
Using Lavage
- The main meaning on this page is: A washing. | A washing of a hollow organ.
- Useful related words include: irrigation.
- In the example corpus, lavage often appears in combinations such as: gastric lavage.
Context around Lavage
- Average sentence length in these examples: 16 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Lavage
- In this selection, "lavage" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 16 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, gastric, may and whole stand out and add context to how "lavage" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include gastric lavage may be and pumps gastric lavage whole bowel. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "lavage" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with lavage
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Gastric lavage may be of some use in certain cases. (10 words)
Other decontamination methods such as stomach pumps, gastric lavage, whole bowel irrigation, or (ipecac induced) emesis, are not recommended in TCA poisoning. (22 words)
Other decontamination methods such as stomach pumps, gastric lavage, whole bowel irrigation, or (ipecac induced) emesis, are not recommended in TCA poisoning. (22 words)
Gastric lavage may be of some use in certain cases. (10 words)
Example sentences (2)
Gastric lavage may be of some use in certain cases.
Other decontamination methods such as stomach pumps, gastric lavage, whole bowel irrigation, or (ipecac induced) emesis, are not recommended in TCA poisoning.
Common combinations with lavage
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: