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

The theory of blood pressure may apply to diapedesis accompanying the inflammatory process.

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

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

In one of these the hæmorrhage took place soon after the bite and was so considerable that it must have arisen from actual rupture of vessels consequent on abdominal engorgement and not from mere diapedesis.

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

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

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

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

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