DRAINAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does drainage mean? 

• DRAINAGE (noun)
  The noun DRAINAGE has 1 sense:

1. emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

  Familiarity information: DRAINAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRAINAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Emptying something accomplished by allowing liquid to run out of it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

drain; drainage

Hypernyms ("drainage" is a kind of...):

emptying; evacuation; voidance (the act of removing the contents of something)

Derivation:

drain (empty of liquid; drain the liquid from)

drain (flow off gradually)

 Context examples 

A hollow tube left implanted in a body canal or organ, especially the bladder, to promote drainage.

(Indwelling Catheter, NCI Thesaurus)

A surgical procedure where a cut is made in a tissue or structure to allow the drainage of fluid.

(Incision and Drainage, NCI Thesaurus)

It is reported to improve microcirculation in chronic venous insufficiency by improvement of venous tone, inhibition of prostaglandin synthesis, protection against free radicals, activation of the complement system, and increased lymphatic drainage.

(Daflon 500, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms include fullness, itching, swelling and pain in the ear and ear drainage.

(External Ear Infection, NCI Thesaurus)

The organs associated with the production and removal of tears including the secretory glands, drainage system, and nerves.

(Lacrimal Apparatus, NCI Thesaurus)

Discharge or drainage of fluid from the ear.

(Otorrhea, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage and PTCD.

(Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiodrainage, NCI Dictionary)

The new permafrost formation then stores a large amount of carbon processed in and under thermokarst lakes, as well as the peat that formed after lake drainage.

(Certain Arctic lakes store more greenhouse gases than they release, NSF)

The packing absorbs drainage from the wound so the tissues can heal from the inside out.

(Packing Material, NCI Thesaurus)

The buccal environment is well supplied with both vascular and lymphatic drainage and is well suited for a retentive device.

(Buccal Route of Administration, NCI Thesaurus)