n :  the act or an instance of salvaging < of premature babies> 
, vt, sal*vaged  sal*vag*ing  :  to save (an organ, tissue, or patient) by preventive or therapeutic measures <a salvaged cancer patient>  <salvaged lung tissue>  .
 
 
 
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