postural drainage

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a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.

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Words nearby postural drainage

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How to use postural drainage in a sentence

It would only be a few more months before his boss Muammar would be shot while attempting to escape through a drainage pipe.
How Goldman Sachs Rescued Libya|Joshua Brown|February 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As a result of this loss of movement, clog-wearers tend to drag their feet, “which causes more postural problems,” she said.
The Uncomfortable Truth About Clogs|Emilia Petrarca|July 31, 2013|DAILY BEAST
German planes landed in New Orleans to deliver food rations, as well as a team of drainage specialists.
From Europe, A Muted Hurricane Sandy Response|Alex Klein|November 2, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Acid rock drainage is the single biggest pollutant associated with copper mining.
Copper, the Metal That Runs the World: ‘Boom, Bust, Boom,’ by Bill Carter|Peter Madden|October 26, 2012|DAILY BEAST

During a morning press conference, Dormer said he believed that Gilbert most likely fell into a drainage ditch and drowned.
Shannan Gilbert Body Likely Found, New York Police Say|Christine Pelisek|December 13, 2011|DAILY BEAST
The payment for this drainage was to be one-twentieth part of the ore raised by the different mines.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
All drainage from such land had to be pumped over the river bank, in many places 10 feet above the cultivated surface.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
It is thus obvious that the drainage of the soil modifies its properties both mechanically and chemically.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
Thus in the Laurentian Lakes above Ontario the geologist finds evidence that the drainage lines have again and again been changed.
Outlines of the Earth's History|Nathaniel Southgate Shaler
A "culvert" is a bridge of small span giving passage to drainage.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

Medical definitions for postural drainage

postural drainage

A therapeutic technique for drainage, used in bronchiectasis and lung abscess, in which the patient is placed head downward so that the trachea is down and below the affected area.