diapedesis

American  

[dahy-uh-pi-dee-sis] / ˌdaɪ ə pɪˈdi sɪs /

noun

Physiology.

1. the passage of blood cells, especially leukocytes, through the unruptured walls of the capillaries into the tissues.

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diapedesis British  

/ ˌdaɪəpəˈdiːsɪs /

noun

1. the passage of blood cells through the unruptured wall of a blood vessel into the surrounding tissues

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Other Word Forms

• diapedetic
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of diapedesis

1615–25; < New Latin < Greek diapḗdēsis a leaping through, equivalent to diapēdē- (verbid stem of diapēdân to leap through) + -sis -sis

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Example Sentences

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diapedesis

For five successive Fridays the same phenomenon appeared, when a confirmed diapedesis appeared.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

To one of Virchow's pupils, Prof. Recklinghausen, we chiefly owe our knowledge of the phenomena of diapedesis as a part of the inflammatory activity.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 787, January 31, 1891 by Various

Fournier also mentions a curious case of diapedesis in a woman injured by a cow.

From Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine by Walter L. (Walter Lytle) Pyle

Dr. Fournier relates the case of a magistrate who was attacked with diapedesis after any excitement, whether of a pleasurable or a painful nature.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by J. G. (John Gideon) Millingen

That leading feature of viper poison, diapedesis with hæmorrhage, does not occur with either.

From On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote by A. Mueller

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