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transudation

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[tran-soo-dey-shuhn] / ˌtræn sʊˈdeɪ ʃən /
Also transudate

noun

  1. the act or process of transuding.

  2. a substance that has transuded.


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Etymology

Origin of transudation

First recorded in 1605–15, transudation is from the New Latin word trānsūdātiōn- (stem of trānsūdātiō ). See transude, -ate 1, -ion

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The protective effects of the inflammatory reaction depend for the most part upon the transudation of lymph and the emigration of leucocytes.

From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Alexis Thomson

In grave cases also extravasation of blood in minute points or transudation of its coloring matter is apt to occur in portions of the surface, when of course decolorization is not fully produced by pressure.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The pressure upon the walls of the blood-vessels cannot become sufficiently increased to be accompanied with augmented transudation until limits are reached which are beyond the possibilities of occurrence in the human body.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The exterior of the body after death in the early stages of this disease almost always presents the marks of transudation of the contents of the blood-vessels.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The constant removal of the transudation from the outer side results from the pressure being less in this position.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

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