Entwässerung feuchter Böden durch Abflußgräben oder unterird. verlegte Rohre, in die Wasser eindringen kann. - In der Medizin bezeichnet D. die Ableitung von Wundabsonderungen.
1. A draining; a gradual flowing off of any liquid; also, that which flows out of a drain.
2. The mode in which the waters of a country pass off by its streams and rivers.
3. The system of drains and their operation, by which superfluous water is removed from towns, railway beds, mines, and other works.
4. Area or district drained.
5. The act, process, or means of drawing off the pus or fluids from a wound, abscess, etc.