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extravasation

American  
[ik-strav-uh-sey-shuhn] / ɪkˌstræv əˈseɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the act of extravasating.

  2. the matter extravasated.


extravasation British  
/ ɪkˌstrævəˈseɪʃən /

noun

  1. the escape of blood or lymph from their proper vessels into surrounding tissues Compare intravasation

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of extravasation

First recorded in 1670–80; extravasate + -ion

Example Sentences

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Tumor cells, whose DNA was less methylated, responded sensitively to the Wnt factors, which resulted in extravasation from the blood vessel and subsequent latency.

From Science Daily • Feb. 2, 2024

Rather than being an Achilles heel of the platform, these short half-lives, when coupled with rapid extravasation and internalization, have the potential to be major differentiators vs conventional ADC approaches.

From Forbes • Oct. 14, 2014

There is also occasionally found around these points more or less extravasation.

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

There was no extravasation in any part of the substance of the cerebrum or cerebellum.

From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by Haslam, John

Purpura, pur′pū-ra, n. a genus of marine gasteropods: an eruption of small purple spots, caused by extravasation of blood in the skin—also called the Purples.—adj.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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