drain cavity

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• cavity wall — Masonry. a wall built with an enclosed inner space to prevent penetration by water. [1905 10] * * * In architecture, a double wall consisting of two wythes (vertical layers) of masonry separated by an air space and joined together by metal ties.… …   Universalium

• Cavity wall — Cavity walls consist of two skins separated by a hollow space (cavity). The outer skin is commonly masonry. Masonry is an absorbent material, and therefor will slowly draw rainwater or even humidity into the wall. The cavity serves as a way to… …   Wikipedia

• drain — [drān] vt. [ME dreinen < OE dreahnian, to strain off, lit., to dry out < base of dryge, DRY] 1. to draw off (liquid) gradually 2. to draw water or any liquid from gradually so as to dry or empty [to drain swamps] 3. to receive the waters of …   English World dictionary

• drain — 1. To remove fluid from a cavity as it forms, e.g., to d. an abscess. 2. A device, usually in the shape of a tube or wick, for removing fluid as it collects in a cavity, especially a wound cavity. [A. S. drehnian, to draw off] cigarette d. a wick …   Medical dictionary

• drain — 1) n. a device, usually a tube or wick, used to draw fluid from an internal body cavity to the surface. A drain is sometimes inserted during an operation to ensure that any fluid formed immediately passes to the surface, so preventing an… …   The new mediacal dictionary

• drain — In medicine, to remove fluid as it collects; or, a tube or wick like device used to remove fluid from a body cavity, wound, or infected area …   English dictionary of cancer terms

• thoracic cavity — or chest cavity Second largest hollow space of the body, enclosed by the ribs, vertebral column, and breastbone and separated from the abdominal cavity by the diaphragm. It contains the lungs and bronchi, part of the esophagus and trachea, and… …   Universalium

• Mikulicz's drain — is a name used for a procedure used in emergency medicine to control bleeding. Today, it is primarily used in post operative surgery as a last resort when all other methods to control bleeding fail. The procedure involves pushing a layer of gauze …   Wikipedia

• Barrel drain — Barrel Bar rel (b[a^]r r[e^]l), n.[OE. barel, F. baril, prob. fr. barre bar. Cf. {Barricade}.] 1. A round vessel or cask, of greater length than breadth, and bulging in the middle, made of staves bound with hoops, and having flat ends or heads;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Mikulicz drain — a drain formed by pushing a single layer of gauze into a wound or cavity, then packing with several thick wicks of gauze as the original layer is forced farther and farther into the defect …   Medical dictionary

• air-drain — airˈ drain noun A cavity in the external walls of a building to prevent damp from getting through to the interior • • • Main Entry: ↑air …   Useful english dictionary