drain
(drān)

1. An exit opening or a tube in a body space, used to evacuate unwanted blood, cellular debris, fluids, or pus.
2. To draw off a fluid.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Drain." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754816/all/drain.
Drain. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754816/all/drain. Accessed February 28, 2025.
Drain. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754816/all/drain
Drain [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2025 February 28]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/754816/all/drain.
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