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Meaning of DIAPEDESIS

Pronunciation:  `dIupi'deesis

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 Definition: [n]  passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue
 
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 See Also: organic phenomenon

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Di`a*pe*de"sis\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? a leaping or
oozing through, fr. ? to leap through; dia` through + ? to
leap.] (Med.)
The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the
blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture
of the walls of the blood vessels.
 
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