cagewash

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noun

Equipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.

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Meanings

nouncagewash (plural cagewashes)

plural cagewashes

  1. sciencesEquipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.

    Ultimately all cages will come to the cagewash area.

    1996, Jonathan Y. Richmond, Proceedings of the 4th National Symposium on Biosafety, page 82
    1 more example

    Since the perches can go through a cagewash with the cages, less labor is involved than with tree branches or PVC perches.

    1989, Laboratory Animal Science - Volume 39, Issues 4-6, page 537

Origin

From cage + wash.

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