See Also: dependent drainage(medicine)
Drainage(medicine)
drainage(dictionary)
drainage(dictionary)
through drainage(medicine)
drainage, sanitary(medicine)
tidal drainage(medicine)
suction drainage(medicine)
Incision and drainage(health)
downward drainage(medicine)

calavance (iou) and dependent drainage (medicine)


calavance (iou)



calavance noun. obsolete exc. Canad. dial. Earlier caravance. E17.
[Ult. from Spanish garbanzo chick-pea.]
Any of certain kinds of pulse; a small bean.

dependent drainage (medicine)


dependent drainage
Drainage from the lowest part and into a receptacle at a level lower than the structure being drained.

Synonym: downward drainage.