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• drain|age — «DRAY nihj», noun. 1. the act or process of draining; a drawing off or flowing off of water: »The drainage of swamps improves a town. 2. a system of channels or pipes for carrying off water or waste of any kind. 3. what is drained off. 4. an area …   Useful english dictionary

• drain·age — /ˈdreınıʤ/ noun [noncount] : the act or process of draining something : the act or process of removing water or liquid from a place or thing the drainage of swamps The soil has good drainage. [=extra water does not stay in the soil] The holes in… …   Useful english dictionary

• sub|drain|age — «suhb DRAYN ihj», noun. an underground drainage system …   Useful english dictionary

• nervous system disease — Introduction       any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …   Universalium

• Federal Reserve System — FRB and FED redirect here. For other uses, see FRB (disambiguation) and FED (disambiguation). Federal Reserve System …   Wikipedia

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• reproductive system, animal — Introduction       any of the organ systems by which animals reproduce.       The role of reproduction is to provide for the continued existence of a species; it is the process by which living organisms duplicate themselves. Animals compete with… …   Universalium

• Tripartite System — The Tripartite System, known colloquially as the grammar school system, was the structure by which secondary education was organised in England and Wales between the 1944 Butler Education Act and the Education Act 1976, and in Northern Ireland… …   Wikipedia

• nervous system, human — ▪ anatomy Introduction       system that conducts stimuli from sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord and that conducts impulses back to other parts of the body. As with other higher vertebrates, the human nervous system has two main… …   Universalium

• lymphatic system — Anat., Zool. the system by which lymph is returned from the cells to the blood and by which white blood cells are produced in response to inflammation or presence of antigens; in mammals, the system includes the lymph glands, vessels and sinuses… …   Universalium

• reproductive system, human — Organ system by which humans reproduce. In females, the ovaries sit near the openings of the fallopian tubes, which carry eggs from the ovaries to the uterus. The cervix extends from the lower end of the uterus into the vagina, whose opening, as… …   Universalium