| stab drain | A drain passed into a cavity through a puncture made at a dependent part away from the wound of operation, designed to prevent infection of the wound. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Penrose drain | A soft tube-shaped rubber drain. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| cigarette drain | A wick of gauze wrapped in rubber tissue, providing capillary drainage. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Mikulicz' drain | A drain made of several strings of gauze held together by a single layer of gauze. (05 Mar 2000) |
| wounds, stab | Penetrating wounds caused by a pointed object. (12 Dec 1998) |
| stab | To pierce with a pointed instrument, as a knife or dagger. Origin: Gael. Stob (05 Mar 2000) |
| staB-cell | <pathology> Immature neutrophils released from the bone marrow reserve in response to acute demand. (18 Nov 1997) |
| stab culture | A culture produced by inserting an inoculating needle with inoculum down the centre of a solid medium contained in a test tube. Synonym: needle culture. (05 Mar 2000) |
| stab neutrophil | <pathology> Immature neutrophils released from the bone marrow reserve in response to acute demand. (18 Nov 1997) |
| stab wound | <surgery> A puncture wound that is generated from the applied force of a sharp object, to make a deep, conical wound. (10 Mar 1998) |
| sump drain | A drain consisting of an outer tube with a smaller tube within it which is attached to a suction pump; the outer tube has multiple perforations that allow fluid and air to pass into its interior and be carried away through the suction tube. (05 Mar 2000) |
| drain | 1. To draw off fluid from a cavity as it forms. 2. A device, usually in the shape of a tube or wick, for removing fluid as it collects in a cavity, especially a wound cavity. Origin: A. S. Drehnian, to draw off (05 Mar 2000) |
| drain-trap stomach | water-trap stomach |