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

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 Alexander Miles

Between the scalp proper and the pericranium is a quantity of loose areolar tissue, in the meshes of which extravasated blood or inflammatory products can rapidly spread over a wide area.

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

Bellis perennis or daisy, formerly called consolida, on account of its vulnerary properties; the roots and leaves were used in wound drinks, and were considered efficacious in removing extravasated blood from bruises, etc.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Edward Pollock Anshutz

This extravasated matter has spread over wide fields, deluging the surrounding country like a tide in a bay, and overflowing all inequalities.

From Volcanoes: Past and Present by Edward Hull

The blood when extravasated undergoes a chemical change before it is sufficiently fluid to be taken up by the lymphatic absorbents, and in that process changes its colour to green and then yellow.

From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Erasmus Darwin

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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