a tube that drains fluid from an incision or body cavity during surgery
Examples of 'drainage tube' in a sentence
drainage tube
Their webs can block a drainage tube, causing water to drip on a control module, the firm says.
The Sun (2013)
Glaucoma occurs when the drainage tubes within the eye become blocked, which prevents fluidfrom draining.
The Sun (2014)
He recalled treating tuberculosis patients with streptomycin and inserting drainage tubes into the swollen legs of those suffering from congestive cardiac failure.