lavage

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Ductal lavage flushes out cells from the breast’s milk ducts, where breast cancer often originates, so that they may be analyzed for abnormalities that suggest an elevated risk of the disease.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2023

In his right, the one that caused him to miss the season’s final five games, doctors performed an arthroscopic lavage, commonly a treatment for osteoarthritis, in order to remove loose bodies.

From Washington Times • May 5, 2016

He opted instead for a second lavage at the Cleveland Clinic in May 2005.

From Slate • Jun. 30, 2015

Veteran forward Al Harrington had a diagnostic arthroscopy and lavage procedure on Monday night in Vail, Colo., to clean out loose particles in his right knee.

From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2013

Where a physician is in attendance, the first of these uses is nearly always replaced by lavage of the stomach, whereby any subsequent depression is avoided.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various