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