(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.
Relief
Definition:
(n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress.
(n.) Release from a post, or from the performance of duty, by the intervention of others, by discharge, or by relay; as, a relief of a sentry.
(n.) That which removes or lessens evil, pain, discomfort, uneasiness, etc.; that which gives succor, aid, or comfort; also, the person who relieves from performance of duty by taking the place of another; a relay.
(n.) A fine or composition which the heir of a deceased tenant paid to the lord for the privilege of taking up the estate, which, on strict feudal principles, had lapsed or fallen to the lord on the death of the tenant.
(n.) The projection of a figure above the ground or plane on which it is formed.
(n.) The appearance of projection given by shading, shadow, etc., to any figure.
(n.) The height to which works are raised above the bottom of the ditch.
(n.) The elevations and surface undulations of a country.
Example Sentences:
(1) There was prompt symptomatic relief and amelioration of signs of nephritis.
(2) "And in my judgment, when the balance is struck, the factors for granting relief in this case easily outweigh the factors against.
(3) We studied the effect of low-dose intrathecal morphine (0.00-0.20 mg) on pain relief and the incidence of side effects after cholecystectomy in 139 patients divided into eight groups according to intrathecal morphine dose: groups 1 (0.00 mg), 2 (0.04 mg), 3 (0.06 mg), 4 (0.08 mg), 5 (0.10 mg), 6 (0.12 mg), 7 (0.15 mg), and 8 (0.20 mg).
(4) During the treatment phase we found a complete relief of symptoms in 6 (27%), a partial relief of symptoms in 6 (27%), and some relief of symptoms in 12 (54%) in group 2.
(5) Among patients in whom the neuroma had been operated on once previously (first recurrence group), 88% achieved good to excellent pain relief with the technique described in this article.
(6) The improvement in the two groups of patients was statistically comparable to the relief of pain and the over-all restoration of function.
(7) All four active treatment groups also experienced significantly more relief of pelvic-abdominal pain compared with placebo: piroxicam 40 mg for two days followed by three days of 20 mg (p = 0.002), piroxicam 40 mg for one day followed by four days of 20 mg (p = 0.023), piroxicam 20 mg for five days (p = 0.012), and ibuprofen (p = 0.011).
(8) Martin O’Neill spoke of his satisfaction at the Republic of Ireland’s score draw in the first leg of their Euro 2016 play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina – and of his relief that the match was not abandoned despite the dense fog that descended in the second half and threatened to turn the game into a farce.
(9) The plasma zinc level was significantly lower at the time of onset of zinc deficiency than in normal subjects, before the procedure of TPN, or at the time of symptomatic relief achieved by administration of zinc.
(10) BPV provides long-term relief of pulmonary valvular obstruction in the majority of patients.
(11) With a minimum review period of 6 months complete remission of synovitis was obtained in 20%, while 63% gained symptomatic relief, with some reduction of synovitis.
(12) An integrated approach to the surgical management of diffuse subaortic stenosis has been designed to provide adequate relief of left ventricular outflow tract obstruction whatever the anatomical features encountered at operation.
(13) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
(14) Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is recognized as an effective therapeutic procedure for nonsurgical relief of critical coronary stenosis.
(15) It was a moment’s relief in what is becoming an endless trudge on the road to recovery.
(16) Hence, they self-administer opioids for pain relief with PCA according to their expectations.
(17) Arsenal’s 10 men fall at the first hurdle against Dinamo Zagreb Read more This win, even against such feeble opponents, was celebrated, with the locals chorusing their manager’s name amid a wave of relief given so much of the team’s domestic campaign to date has been dismal.
(18) Its complete removal results in dramatic relief of proptosis.
(19) Deficiency in polyunsaturated fatty acids was not found in erythrocyte membranes under conditions of the relief-diet therapy course used.
(20) From this information, it would appear that it is possible that the mechanism for the prolonged effect of acupuncture in treating chronic pain is that the repeated activation of the physiological systems by which acupuncture inhibits pain, by the repeated acupuncture treatments, trains the body to continue this activity and thereby maintains the pain relief for a period of time after the last treatment.