barbotages

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A form of barbotage — 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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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of barbotage
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