irrigation

noun

(medicine) cleaning a wound or body organ by flushing or washing out with water or a medicated solution

supplying dry land with water by means of ditches etc

Roots

rigorig- · Latin · water

Synonyms for irrigation

wateringn

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Where does irrigation come from?

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