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Noun: extravasation  ik,stra-vu'sey-shun
  1. The process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine
     
  2. An extravasated liquid (blood, lymph or urine); the product of extravasation
     
  3. (of volcanoes) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
    - eruption, eructation [formal]

Derived forms: extravasations

Type of: action, activeness, activity, biological process, liquid, organic process

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