drainage Definition
drain·age (drān′ij)
noun
- the act, process, or method of draining
- a system of drains; arrangement of pipes, etc. for carrying off waste matter
- that which is drained off
- a region or area drained, as by a river
drainage Synonyms
drainage
n.
drainage Usage Examples
Preposition: of
abscess: T he patient was taken to theater where drainage of the abscess was carried out.
Converse of object
impede: A: Series A Similar to Sherborne but with impeded drainage.
Adjective modifier
- lymphatic: The substance follows the pathway of the lymphatic drainage.
- percutaneous: Treatment is usually either by percutaneous drainage under ultrasound or CT guidance, or by formal operative drainage.
- subglottic: This study has been included, looking only at the effect of subglottic drainage on the incidence of VAP.
- venous: As a venous drainage in three patients a external jugular vein was used and in two facial vein.
- foul: The disposal of foul drainage should be to the public foul sewerage system.
- septic: COUNCIL TAX G SERVICES Mains electricity and water, septic tank drainage.
Modifies a noun
- ditch: Drainage ditches need cleaning out from time to time.
- basin: Figure 9 shows the ` inverted drainage basins ' of the surface.
- trench: A hollow around the walls suggests a drainage trench.
- pipe: You will soon reach a drainage pipe going up the wall.
- gully: The ditch of Hut '2 ' was probably a drainage gully around the outside.
- hole: Having created drainage holes, you must find ways of avoiding the compost being washed out of them!
Noun used with modifier
- lymph: On offer is massage craniosacral therapy, Bowen technique and manual lymph drainage massage.
- rainwater: There was another problem; George had built a wall separating Shirley House from the road and this caused problems with rainwater drainage.
- abscess: Abscess drainage may be necessary for a number of indications, such as to relieve pressure symptoms.
- subsoil: C: Isle Abbots Friable sandy loam on gravel on Oxford Clay, poor subsoil drainage.
- highway: Water is directed to gullies on the highway drainage system by the road profile.
- sub-surface: I'd be doing everything possible to ensure good sub-surface drainage too.
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