(n.) A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
(n.) The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
(n.) The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
(n.) Area or district drained; as, the drainage of the Po, the Thames, etc.
(n.) The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.
Example Sentences:
(1) The present retrospective study reports the results of a survey conducted on 130 patients given elective abdominal and urinary surgery together with the cultivation of routine intraperitoneal drainage material.
(2) The maximum duration of the drainage was 24 days and complete recovery was obtained in all patients without further surgical treatments.
(3) It facilitated the acquisition of quantitative velocity information with standard Doppler ultrasound techniques by identifying areas of high velocity or turbulent flow and was invaluable in the assessment of anomalous pulmonary venous drainage occurring either as an isolated anomaly or in conjunction with complex intracardiac lesions.
(4) Peripheral blood leukocytes demonstrated cell-mediated immunity against melanoma antigens before and throughout the period of drainage, except for the immediate postoperative period.
(5) In a double-blind trial, 50 patients with subcostal incisions performed for cholecystectomy or splenectomy, received 10 ml of either 0.5% bupivacaine plain or physiological saline twice daily by wound perfusion through an indwelling drainage tube for 3 days after operation.
(6) Treatment was always surgical, with the following procedures: Laparotomy and chest drainage tube in 7 cases (21%), thoracotomy in 12 cases (36%) and a combined thoracoabdominal approach in 14 (43%).
(7) Drainage of contrast medium from the maxillary sinus during blowing and sniffing was studied by cine-roentgenography in 11 healthy subjects.
(8) In four of the empyemas, PCD was used successfully after incomplete or unsuccessful chest tube drainage.
(9) Fibronectin level in the ocular drainage system of humans grows with ageing and rapidly increases at different stages of primary open-angle glaucoma development.
(10) Tretinoin (all-trans-retinoic acid) acts to normalize desquamation of follicular epithelium, promote drainage of comedones, and inhibit formation of new ones.
(11) The other 3 dogs died or were euthanatized, and the effect of stopping thoracic drainage could not be evaluated.
(12) Continuous in utero tracheal ligation and drainage (over a period of 21-28 days) both result in malformations of the developing fetal lamb lung.
(13) Percutaneous transhepatic biliary drainage (PTBD) was conceptualized more than 35 years ago, but its clinical application only flourished in the past 10 years after a number of technical refinements.
(14) The blood flow contributions and drainage patterns of the pulmonary and systemic circulations in the upper airways (trachea and main bronchi) were assessed in anesthetized dogs by injecting 15-micron radiolabeled microspheres into the right and left heart, respectively.
(15) It is concluded that the massive destruction of the normal anatomy in the lateral semicircular canal may be the morphological basis of a functional endolymphatic fistula for drainage of the endolymphatic hydrops.
(16) The fibrosis of the gastric wall with motility disturbances, and the diminution of acid and pepsin production from damage to the glandular elements, would weigh against the addition of a vagotomy to the drainage procedure.
(17) As with abdominal abscess drainage, a preexisting fistula may be opacified only after several days of catheter drainage and cannot be predicted at the time of initial aspiration.
(18) Up to now, one surgical repair in an adolescent with transposed great arteries and total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage of the supracardiac type has been reported.
(19) The reconstructive operation performed in each case depended on the preexisting drainage procedure.
(20) ALT is recommended as an alternative to drainage surgery.
Plumber
Definition:
(n.) One who works in lead; esp., one who furnishes, fits, and repairs lead, iron, or glass pipes, and other apparatus for the conveyance of water, gas, or drainage in buildings.
Example Sentences:
(1) A ccents from every state in the union can be heard as workers pour off the train each day in Williston, North Dakota, ready to try their luck as the welders, truck drivers, plumbers, oil rig roughnecks, frackers, water carriers and road crews required to support the booming fracking industry – but also as plumbers, lawyers, cooks, accountants and everything else it takes to build a rapidly burgeoning city.
(2) T-shirts were rush-printed overnight, showing his bald, burly head above the logo: "Hi, I'm Joe Plumber and Obama is a punk."
(3) Samuel Wurzelbacher, who became famous during the 2008 election as “Joe the Plumber” after he had a heated discussion with Obama on the campaign trail, was championed by presidential nominee John McCain but later made contentious remarks such as a call to “put a damn fence on the border going to Mexico and start shooting”.
(4) PMRs for malignancies of the stomach, kidney, brain, and lymphopoietic system were also elevated, especially among plumbers.
(5) Having failed to get into Rada, Wesker embarked on a series of menial jobs: bookseller's assistant, plumber's mate and, at the Bell hotel in Norwich, kitchen porter.
(6) Proportionate occupational mortality analysis, using all the mentioned causes on the Washington State male death records 1968-1984, identified an excess of rheumatoid arthritis in farmers, and asbestosis in plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters.
(7) Builders and plumbers want to cut corners by taking their final journey in a white van, while farmers fancy a send-off on a horse-drawn cart, tractor or even a specially manufactured Land Rover hearse and matching limousine.
(8) You're going to have to get your Marigolds on and deal with it yourself until the plumber arrives.
(9) The court heard that 20 minutes before Kristy died, the council sent a plumber to the flat who heard splashing in the bathroom, but nothing else suspicious.
(10) Standardized incidence ratios (SIRs) for pleural mesotheliomas were found to increase among plumbers and pipefitters over this period, whereas those for mechanics, electricians, painters, and paperhangers remained relatively stable.
(11) The 2008 US presidential election belongs to just one man: Joe the Plumber.
(12) Speaking in an ITV hustings, Reckless suggested that some European migrants, such as a Polish plumber, should only be allowed to stay for a fixed period on a work visa if the UK left the EU as advocated by his party.
(13) He was born in 1932 in the East End of London and has worked as a plumber’s mate, kitchen porter, and pastry-cook.
(14) If you can find a good, trustworthy local plumber – and there are plenty about – this has to be the best option.
(15) The 30-year-old plumber leans forward and carefully pours the coffee his mother has just brought in from the kitchen.
(16) Some people would say, '£89,000 a year – it's a lot of money for a plumber' but you do a lot of hours for that: at least 70 a week.
(17) A previously healthy 27 year-old male plumber presented with six days of fever, nausea, vomiting, malaise and headache.
(18) The plumbers had significantly lower TLC, MEF25, MEF50, closing volume and closing capacity in comparison to 23 never smoking electricians without asbestos exposure.
(19) And it's a law of pub nature that pub toilets only get blocked on a Friday or Saturday night when you can't get a plumber.
(20) It has been argued that American writers do not drink any more than American plumbers.