EFFUSION
\ɪfjˈuːʒən], \ɪfjˈuːʒən], \ɪ_f_j_ˈuː_ʒ_ə_n]\
Definitions of EFFUSION
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
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That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
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The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.
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The liquid escaping or exuded.
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The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
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That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
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The escape of a fluid out of its natural vessel, either by rupture of the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into the substance of an organ, or issue upon a free surface.
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The liquid escaping or exuded.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William R. Warner
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Infiltration is the term generally employed for effusion into the areolar membrane. The pouring out of blood or of any other fluid into the areolar membrane, or into the cavities of the body. The effusion of serum or of coagulable lymph, for instance, is a common result of inflammation of serous membranes.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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