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transude

American  
[tran-sood] / trænˈsud /

verb (used without object)

transuded, transuding
  1. to pass or ooze through pores or interstices, as a fluid.


transude British  
/ trænˈsjuːd /

verb

  1. (of a fluid) to ooze or pass through interstices, pores, or small holes

"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

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Etymology

Origin of transude

1655–65; < New Latin trānsūdāre, equivalent to Latin trāns- trans- + sūdāre to sweat

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The sun shone on his dilapidated garments and on his purple skin; it was almost black and seemed to transude blood.

From Over Strand and Field by Gustave Flaubert

The liver was very large, of a soft texture and white colour; gall-bladder full of dark green bile, which had in part transuded through its coats.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache

Croupous membrane, according to him, is formed by the migration of numerous white blood-globules through the walls of the vessels in the mucous membrane, and by a direct formation of fibrin from the transuded plasma.

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

The liquid portion of the exudation represents something more than the transuded blood-serum, and a certain practical importance results from the distinction drawn between an exudation and a transudation.

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

Connective-tissue inflammation presents, as the first essential characteristic, an acute oedema, the fluid which fills the gaps and interspaces consisting of transuded serum rendered opaque by the presence of pus-cells or possessing a gelatinous character.

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

The transudations thus occurring may vary in quantity within certain limits, the latter being somewhat indefinite, owing to the difficulties in the way of exactly measuring the fluid transuded.

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

Gnomes! you then taught transuding dews to pass Through time-fallen woods, and root-inwove morass.

From The Botanic Garden A Poem in Two Parts. Part 1: the Economy of Vegetation by Erasmus Darwin

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