SEWAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sewage mean? 

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

1. waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SEWAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Waste matter carried away in sewers or drains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

sewage; sewerage

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

waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)

Meronyms (substance of "sewage"):

effluent; sewer water; wastewater (water mixed with waste matter)

 Context examples 

B. cellulosolvens has been isolated from sewage.

(Bacteroides cellulosolvens, NCI Thesaurus)

K. cryocrescens is normally found in milk, water, sewage, soil and sputum, and is an opportunistic pathogen in the hospital setting.

(Kluyvera cryocrescens, NCI Thesaurus)

E. rhusiopathiae is found in a variety of host animals including fish and swine as well as in feces and sewage.

(Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae, NCI Thesaurus)

M. fortuitum is found in natural and processed water sources, sewage and dirt, and can cause various clinical syndromes, including local disease after injury or surgical trauma, and disseminated infection in immunocompromised patients.

(Mycobacterium fortuitum, NCI Thesaurus)

C. freundii is most commonly found in water, sewage, soil and food and is an opportunistic pathogen in neonates and immunocompromised patients.

(Citrobacter freundii, NCI Thesaurus)

C. koseri is found in soil, water, sewage and food and is a commensal organism of the urinary and gastrointestinal tracts of humans but may become pathogenic in immunocompromised individuals.

(Citrobacter koseri, NCI Thesaurus)

C. farmeri is most commonly found in water, sewage, soil, and food and is an opportunistic, nosocomial pathogen.

(Citrobacter farmeri, NCI Thesaurus)

C. amalonaticus is most commonly found in feces, soil, water and sewage and is an opportunistic pathogen causing urinary tract infections, bacteremia and other systemic infections.

(Citrobacter amalonaticus, NCI Thesaurus)

The European regulations governing the treatment of sewage sludge have been made tougher over the last few years.

(Scientists validate a new technology that transforms sewage sludge into fertilizer more efficiently, University of Granada)

"The strains of resistant E. coli found in food, were almost entirely different from the types found in human faeces, sewage and bloodstream infections", said Dr. Livermore.

(Wash your hands or else spread superbug E. coli, say scientists, Wikinews)