extravasate
Americanverb (used with object)
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Pathology. to force out from the proper vessels, as blood, especially so as to diffuse through the surrounding tissues.
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Geology. to pour forth, as lava, from a subterranean source in a molten state.
verb (used without object)
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Pathology. to be extravasated, as blood.
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Geology. to pour forth lava or the like.
noun
verb
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pathol to cause (blood or lymph) to escape or (of blood or lymph) to escape into the surrounding tissues from their proper vessels
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to exude (molten material, such as lava) or (of molten material) to be exuded
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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
Terminations of Contusions.—The usual termination is a complete return to the normal, some of the extravasated blood being organised, but most of it being reabsorbed.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Oculo-Motor Nerve.—One or more of the branches of this nerve may be compressed by extravasated blood, or be contused and lacerated in fractures implicating the region of the sphenoidal fissure.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Injuries.—When a nail is contused or crushed, blood is extravasated beneath it, and the nail is usually shed, a new one growing in its place.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
Into the latter region the greater part of the extravasated urine escaped.
From Surgical Experiences in South Africa, 1899-1900 Being Mainly a Clinical Study of the Nature and Effects of Injuries Produced by Bullets of Small Calibre by Makins, George Henry
In some cases, however, the amount of blood extravasated is sufficient to cause compression.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
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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