barbotage

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Repeated injection and aspiration of fluid, used in such instances as the injection of spinal anesthetic, to break up and remove calcification (e.g., in a joint), and for obtaining fluid cytology (e.g., from the bladder or urethra).

Word forms

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