fluid drainage

Channeling away moisture

Fluid drainage is the removal of accumulated liquid from a space where it shouldn't collect.

In medicine, this means drawing fluid from body cavities or wounds: The surgeon inserted a tube for fluid drainage from the chest cavity.

In construction and landscaping, it refers to systems that channel water away from structures or saturated soil: Poor fluid drainage caused the basement to flood.

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septic tank · channel · culvert · runoff · standing water · catheter · wound · wound care · pus · abscess · lymph · bile duct · ooze · seepage · ditch · swamp · drainpipe · sluice

Opposites
direction of fluid movement

fluid drainageirrigation

Artificial water supply for agriculture

filling · flooding · fluid retention · inflow · replenishment

fluid removal method

fluid drainageabsorption

Process of taking in

fluid retention · evaporation · reabsorption · capillary action · desiccation

fluid accumulation

fluid drainagefluid buildup

fluid retention · edema · congestion · pooling · waterlogging

Family

fluid, fluids, fluidity, fluidly, fluidic, drain, drains, drained, draining

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