gastric lavage - meaning and definition. What is gastric lavage
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Gastric lavage         
MEDICAL PROCEDURE TO CLEAN OUT THE CONTENTS OF THE STOMACH
Stomach pump; Stomach-pump; Gastric irrigation; Stomach pumping; Nasogastric aspiration and lavage; Ewald tube; Gastrolavage; Gastrointestinal lavage
Gastric lavage, also commonly called stomach pumping or gastric irrigation, is the process of cleaning out the contents of the stomach. Since its first recorded use in early 19th century, it has become one of the most routine means of eliminating poisons from the stomach.
stomach pump         
MEDICAL PROCEDURE TO CLEAN OUT THE CONTENTS OF THE STOMACH
Stomach pump; Stomach-pump; Gastric irrigation; Stomach pumping; Nasogastric aspiration and lavage; Ewald tube; Gastrolavage; Gastrointestinal lavage
¦ noun a syringe attached to a long tube, used for extracting the contents of a person's stomach (for example, if they have taken poison).
Gastric chief cell         
TYPE OF GASTRIC GLAND CELL
Chief cells, gastric; Gastric chief cells
A gastric chief cell (or peptic cell, or gastric zymogenic cell) is a type of gastric gland cell that releases pepsinogen and gastric lipase. It is the cell responsible for secretion of chymosin in ruminant animals.