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CLOSED DRAINAGE [2 records]

Record 1 2010-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

A drainage system that does not extend to the ocean.

CONT

The closed drainage systems are in many cases the result of continental rifting ...

OBS

internal drainage: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Type de drainage caractérisé par l'absence d'écoulement direct ou indirect des eaux vers l'océan.

CONT

Ces réseaux de drainage endoréique sont dans de nombreux cas le résultat d'une séparation des continents [...]

OBS

écoulement endoréique : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la terre.

Key term(s)
  • drainage endorhéique
  • écoulement endorhéique

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Injections, Tubing and Transfusions (Medicine)
DEF

airtight drainage of a cavity carried out so that the entrance of air or contaminants is prevented.

CONT

Several authors have suggested the use of prophylactic irrigation of closed drainage systems with acetic acid or polymixin-neomycin solutions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Injections, tubages et transfusions (Médecine)
OBS

Traitement des collections sous-durales chroniques par drainage continu, progressif, en circuit fermé (Annales de chirurgie; France; 1987; Vol. 41; No. 1; pp. 41-45)

CONT

Il est important de maintenir un système de drainage fermé à l'intérieur duquel l'urine extravésicale n'est pas exposée à la contamination extérieure (...)

Spanish

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