extravasation meaning

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extravasation (noun): an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation.

extravasation has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

extravasation as a noun

  1. an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation

    Type of: liquid

    Related forms: extravasate

  2. (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

    Synonyms: eruption, eructation

    Type of: action

    Related forms: extravasate

  3. the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine

    Type of: organic process

    Kinds: blood extravasation, urocele

    Related forms: extravasate

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