exudation
[eks-yoo-dey-shuh n, ek-suh-, eg-zuh-]
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Origin of exudation
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Ascites or exudative peritonitis is present in about one-half of the cases of cancer of the liver.
The tendency of children with exudative diathesis to develop scurvy is perhaps still another manifestation of vascular weakness.
Scurvy Past and PresentAlfred Fabian Hess
In both scurvy and in exudative diathesis eczema and petechial hemorrhages are encountered.
Scurvy Past and PresentAlfred Fabian Hess
The tissue changes are oedema, the formation of exudative patches, and haemorrhage.
Similar phenomena occur even in the case of other than exudative affections of the skin.
exudation
- the act of exuding or oozing out
- Also called: exudate (ˈɛksjʊˌdeɪt) a fluid with a high content of protein in a body cavityCompare transudate
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Word Origin and History for exudative
exudation
n.
1610s, from Late Latin exudationem/exsudationem, noun of action from neuter past participle of exudere/exsudere (see exude). Related: Exudate (n.).
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exudation
(ĕks′yu-dā′shən)- The act or process of exuding.
- An exudate.
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