transude

American  

[tran-sood] / trænˈsud /

verb (used without object)

transuded, transuding

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

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transude British  

/ trænˈsjuːd /

verb

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

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Other Word Forms

• transudation
  noun
• transudatory
  adjective

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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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Example Sentences

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transude transuded transuding

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 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

At the same time, an increase in the quantity of blood in the vessels is not necessarily productive of any considerable increase in the fluid transuded.

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

From the latter the transuded fluid either returns through the lymph-vessels to the blood-current or makes its appearance upon surfaces as secretions.

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

A collection of transuded or exuded fluid in pre-existing or new-formed spaces.

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

It seems likely, however, that the solution transuded through the walls generally, penetrating the chalcedonic layers, as Heddle maintained, by osmotic action.

From The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Volume 1 of 28 by Project Gutenberg

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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