extravasate

American  

[ik-strav-uh-sayt] / ɪkˈstræv əˌseɪt /

verb (used with object)

extravasated, extravasating

1. Pathology. to force out from the proper vessels, as blood, especially so as to diffuse through the surrounding tissues.

2. Geology. to pour forth, as lava, from a subterranean source in a molten state.

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verb (used without object)

extravasated, extravasating

1. Pathology. to be extravasated, as blood.

2. Geology. to pour forth lava or the like.

noun

1. Pathology. the extravasated material; extravasation.

extravasate British  

/ ɪkˈstrævəˌseɪt /

verb

1. pathol to cause (blood or lymph) to escape or (of blood or lymph) to escape into the surrounding tissues from their proper vessels

2. to exude (molten material, such as lava) or (of molten material) to be exuded

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noun

1. pathol the material extravasated

Other Word Forms

• unextravasated
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of extravasate

First recorded in 1655–65; extra- + vas + -ate ¹

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Example Sentences

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extravasate extravasated extravasating

BDCs, by contrast, rapidly extravasate with high volumes of distribution after parenteral dosing, quickly binding to cell surface tumor antigens and internalizing, and any unbound BDC is quickly cleared by the kidney within minutes. 

From Forbes ● Oct. 14, 2014

Another feature in the absorption of extravasated blood is to be found on examination of the nearest chain of lymphatic glands.

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

Occasionally a permanent thickening of the edges of the bone remains after the absorption of the extravasated blood.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Alexander Miles

A blood cyst or hæmatoma results from the encapsulation of extravasated blood in the tissues, from hæmorrhage taking place into a preformed cyst, or from the saccular pouching of a varicose vein.

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

Its gravity does not depend so much upon the amount of blood extravasated as it does upon the disturbance or diminished action of the vasomotor centers.

From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Charles B. Michener

It had, however, broad maculations of bluish-black, obviously caused by extravasated blood from contusions.

From The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life" by Ambrose Bierce

Extravasā′tion, act of extravasating: the escape of any of the fluids of the living body from their proper vessels through a rupture in their walls.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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