To rinse and it's synonyms

[sondra]

Hello,

I would be grateful to you if you checked my sentence.

'The doctor rinsed the patient's ears from pus with/using a syringe.'

What other synonyms of the verb 'to rinse' can be used in this context?

My dictionary gives these synonyms;

Jig, scour, scrub, wash, griddle out, wash off, wash out, wash away, bathe, irrigate.

Thanks

 

[BobK]

It is not 'synonyms'! ;-)

As it's a doctor, it would not be out of place to use 'irrigate', but you use it like this: 'He used a syringe to irrigate her ears and remove the pus'. [I'm not sure if you can have pus in an ear, but I've kept your example.]

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[sondra]

Hello,

Thanks for your reply. Unfortunately, it's quite possible to have pus in an ear. You are just a very lucky person, I guess .

 

[BobK]

Other readers may be led to guess that what typically builds up in the ear is pus; but it's wax. Quite possibly sondra knows this...

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[sondra]

Well, maybe only those who have never heard of Ottitis may think so. Like you were not sure if you can have pus in an ear. Anyway, I don't think there are many people among the readers, who may think that the substance which is produced in the ear is pus and not earwax.
Here is an interesting link; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otitis_media.:)
Hope it clears things up for you.

 

[5jj]

Here is a better link: Otitis media - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia