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cagewash

cagewash noun: equipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.

Noun

cagewash (plural cagewashes)

  1. Equipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.
    • 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
    • Ultimately all cages will come to the cagewash area.1996, Jonathan Y. Richmond, Proceedings of the 4th National Symposium on Biosafety, page 82

Forms of cagewash

pluralcagewashes

Origin of cagewash

From cage + wash.

Questions about cagewash

What does cagewash mean?
Cagewash means equipment in a laboratory for washing the cages of laboratory animals.
What part of speech is cagewash?
Cagewash is a noun.
What is the plural of cagewash?
The plural of cagewash is cagewashes.

Words near cagewash in the dictionary

  1. cages
  2. cagesful
  3. cageside
  4. cagester
  5. cagesters
  6. cagewash
  7. cagewashes
  8. cagework
  9. cageworks
  10. cagey
  11. cageyness

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