irrigation
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ir·ri·gate
(ĭr′ĭ-gāt′)v. ir·ri·gat·ed, ir·ri·gat·ing, ir·ri·gates
v.tr.
1. To supply (land or crops) with water by means of pipes, sprinklers, ditches, or streams.
2. To wash out (a body cavity or wound) with water or a medicated fluid.
v.intr.
To irrigate land or crops.
[Latin irrigāre, irrigāt- : in-, in; see in-2 + rigāre, to water.]
ir′ri·ga′tion n.
ir′ri·ga′tion·al adj.
ir′ri·ga′tor n.
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2. | irrigation - (medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution medical aid, medical care - professional treatment for illness or injury douche - irrigation with a jet of water or medicated solution into or around a body part (especially the vagina) to treat infections or cleanse from odorous contents clyster, enema - an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes lavage - washing out a hollow organ (especially the stomach) by flushing with water medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques |
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Translations
سقيسَقْي، رَي
zavlažovánízavodňování
vanding
öntözés
áveita, vökvun
zavlažovanie
sulama
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
irrigation
[ˌɪrɪˈgeɪʃən] n → irrigation f irrigation systemirrigation ditch n → fossé m d'irrigationirrigation system n → système m d'irrigationCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
irrigation
n
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
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irrigate
(ˈirigeit) verb to supply water to (land), especially by canals or other artificial means.
ˌirriˈgation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
ir·ri·ga·tion
n. irrigación, acto o proceso de irrigar.
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irrigation
n irrigación f; colonic — hidroterapia de colonEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.