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DRAINING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a debilitating effect
Example:
an exhausting job in the hot sun
Synonyms:
draining; exhausting
Classified under:
Similar:
debilitating (impairing the strength and vitality)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb drain
Context examples:
Treatments may include draining the infection and antibiotics.
(MRSA, NIH: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
Upon intradermal administration of BPX-201, these DCs accumulate in local draining lymph nodes.
(Adenovector-transduced AP1903-inducible MyD88/CD40-expressing Autologous PSMA-specific Prostate Cancer Vaccine BPX-201, NCI Thesaurus)
“It is this filling and draining of lakes that causes the ice shelf to flex, and if the stresses are large enough, fractures might also develop.”
(Surface lakes cause Antarctic ice shelves to ‘flex’, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
A vein originating at the apex of the heart that receives numerous tributaries as it ascends before draining into the left extremity of the coronary sinus.
(Great Cardiac Vein, NCI Thesaurus)
Methylene blue stains to negatively charged cell components like nucleic acids; when administered in the lymphatic bed of a tumor during oncologic surgery, methylene blue may stain lymph nodes draining from the tumor, thereby aiding in the visual localization of tumor sentinel lymph nodes.
(Methylene Blue, NCI Thesaurus)
If your child isn't old enough to say "My ear hurts," here are a few things to look for: • Tugging at ears • Crying more than usual • Fluid draining from the ear • Trouble sleeping • Balance difficulties • Hearing problems
(Ear Infections, NIH: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders)
After a time—it did not seem a short time either, for the draining away of one's blood, no matter how willingly it be given, is a terrible feeling—Van Helsing held up a warning finger.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
For oncology, an area of the body generally construed to comprise the base of skull and facial bones, sinuses, orbits, salivary glands, oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, thyroid, facial and neck musculature and lymph nodes draining these areas.
(Head and Neck, NCI Thesaurus)
For oncology, area of the body generally construed to comprise base of skull and facial bones, sinuses, orbits, salivary glands, oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, thyroid, facial and neck musculature and lymph nodes draining these areas.
(Murine Head and Neck, NCI Thesaurus)
Secretions and fluids from the area of the body generally construed to comprise base of skull and facial bones, sinuses, orbits, salivary glands, oral cavity, oropharynx, larynx, thyroid, facial and neck musculature and lymph nodes draining these areas.
(Head and Neck Fluids and Secretions, NCI Thesaurus)
