retention : Idioms & Phrases


retention basin

  • noun a storage site similar to a detention basin but the water in storage is permanently obstructed from flowing downstream
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Retention cyst

  • (Med.), a cyst produced by obstruction of a duct leading from a secreting organ and the consequent retention of the natural secretions.
Webster 1913

urinary retention

  • noun holding urine in the urinary bladder
    • he has a problem with urinary retention
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