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drain·age

   [drey-nij]
noun
1.
the act or process of draining.
2.
a system of drains, artificial or natural.
3.
drainage basin.
4.
something that is drained off.
5.
Surgery. the drainage of fluids, as bile, urine, etc., from the body, or of pus and other diseased products from a wound.
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Origin:
1645–55; drain + -age

Related forms
o·ver·drain·age, noun
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drainage (ˈdreɪnɪdʒ)
 
—n
1.  the process or a method of draining
2.  a system of watercourses or drains
3.  liquid, sewage, etc, that is drained away

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Word Origin & History

drainage
1650s, from drain + -age.
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Medical Dictionary

drainage drain·age (drā'nĭj)
n.
The removal of fluid or purulent material from a wound or body cavity.

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drainage

in agriculture, the artificial removal of water from land; drainage is employed in the reclamation of wetlands, in the prevention of erosion, and as a concomitant of irrigation in the agriculture of arid regions

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