transudation
AmericanOther Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of transudation
First recorded in 1605–15, transudation is from the New Latin word trānsūdātiōn- (stem of trānsūdātiō ). See transude, -ate 1, -ion
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
The undue accumulation of the transudation in the various closed cavities of the body is known as dropsy, and the fluid present is regarded as an effusion or an exudation.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The exterior of the body after death in the early stages of this disease almost always presents the marks of transudation of the contents of the blood-vessels.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The physiological transudation through the walls of these vessels, in the main modified serum, becomes lymph as it appears in the several lymph-spaces.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
The protective effects of the inflammatory reaction depend for the most part upon the transudation of lymph and the emigration of leucocytes.
From Manual of Surgery Volume First: General Surgery. Sixth Edition. by Thomson, Alexis
By means of this transudation or diosmosis the exchange of fluids takes place without difficulty.
From The Evolution of Man — Volume 2 by Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
