Meaning of EXUDATION
Pronunciation: | | `eksyû'deyshun
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- [n] the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes
- [n] a substance that oozes out from animal or plant pores
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| Synonyms: | | exudate, transudation |
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| See Also: | | discharge, emission, gum, latex, ooze, oozing, seepage | |
Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| Definition: | | \Ex`u*da"tion\, n.
The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors,
moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also,
the substance exuded.
Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in
almost all plants and appearing on the external surface
of many of them in the form of exudations. --Am. Cyc.
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