WANGENSTEEN SUCTION


Meaning of WANGENSTEEN SUCTION in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized W

Etymology: after Owen H. Wangensteen b 1898 American surgeon

: a method of draining fluid or secretions from body cavities (as the stomach) by means of an apparatus that operates on negative pressure

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