A medical procedure that involves washing out or flushing the stomach with fluid, typically done to remove poisons, drugs, or harmful substances.
From gastro- (stomach) + lavage (from Latin lavare, meaning 'to wash'). This medical technique has been used since the 1800s as an emergency treatment for poisonings.
Stomach pumping (gastrolavage) used to be the go-to emergency room procedure for overdoses, but it's fallen out of favor because other treatments like activated charcoal actually work better!
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