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irrigator

irrigator

5.3
A device that gently washes wounds and body areas with clean fluid
  • noun
  • /ˈɪrɪɡeɪtər/
  • Specialized
translation icon : irrigador
  • The doctor used an irrigator to clean the surgical site after the procedure.

Examples

  • The patients are treated postoperatively with a home saline irrigator and beclomethasone or triamcinolone aqueous sprays, and antibiotics are repeated quickly at any time a postoperative infection develops.

    Academic text (1994)

  • An irrigator is essential for flushing out wounds to prevent infection.

  • To maintain hygiene, a nurse employed a handheld irrigator to wash the patient’s wounds.

Synonyms

rinser
vsirrigator
3.5

A tool or person that uses water to wash away dirt

is a medical device to wash wounds body cavities and surgical sites with fluid

How Forceful

syringe
  • Specialized
99 3.6
irrigator
  • Specialized
5.3
bulb syringe
  • Specialized
6.9

Surface Forms

irrigator singular
irrigators plural

Morphology

irrigator = irrigate (transparent) = irrigate + or

Standard agent nominalization from the verb 'irrigate' used for devices that wash or flush wounds; meaning is directly inferable from the verb.

Etymology

Irrigator comes from the Latin irrigare, made of in- 'into' and rigare 'to water', so it carries the idea of 'watering' or flushing. In medicine this explains why a medical irrigator is used to wash or flush wounds and body areas with fluid.