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Drainage

Drainage Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Drainage? [n] emptying accomplished by draining Synonyms \| Synonyms for Drainage: drain Related Terms \| Find terms related to Drainage: air-drying \| anhydration \| aspiration \| bleeding \| bloodletting \| broaching \| cleaning out \| clearance \| clearing \| cupping \| defecation \| defluxion \| dehumidification \| dehydration \| depletion \| desiccation \| discharge \| discharging cargo \| drafting \| drain \| draining \| drawing \| drying \| drying up \| effluence \| efflux \| effluxion \| effusion \| egress \| elimination \| emptying \| evacuation \| evaporation \| excretion \| exhalation \| exhaust \| exhausting \| exhaustion \| flowoff \| gush \| insolation \| milking \| mummification \| off-loading \| outfall \| outflow \| outflowing \| outpour \| outpouring \| phlebotomy \| pipetting \| pumping \| removal \| runoff \| siphoning \| sucking \| suction \| tapping \| unloading \| venesection \| venting \| voidance \| voiding \| withering See Also \| emptying \| evacuation \| voidance Drainage In Webster's Dictionary \Drain"age\, n. 1. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain. 2. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers. 3. (Engin.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works. 4. Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc. --Latham. 5. (Surg.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc. {Drainage tube} (Surg.), a tube introduced into a wound, etc., to draw off the discharges.

Drainage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Drainage?

[n] emptying accomplished by draining

Synonyms | Synonyms for Drainage: drain

See Also | emptying | evacuation | voidance

Drainage In Webster's Dictionary

\Drain"age\, n.
1. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also,
   that which flows out of a drain.

2. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its
   streams and rivers.

3. (Engin.) The system of drains and their operation, by
   which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway
   beds, mines, and other works.

4. Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the
   Thames, etc. --Latham.

5. (Surg.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus
   or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.

{Drainage tube} (Surg.), a tube introduced into a wound,
   etc., to draw off the discharges.

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