barbotage
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Noun edit
barbotage (plural barbotages)
- 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).
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barbotage m (plural barbotages)
Further reading edit
- “barbotage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.