extravasate
Pathology. to force out from the proper vessels, as blood, especially so as to diffuse through the surrounding tissues.
Geology. to pour forth, as lava, from a subterranean source in a molten state.
Pathology. to be extravasated, as blood.
Geology. to pour forth lava or the like.
Pathology. the extravasated material; extravasation.
Origin of extravasate
1Other words from extravasate
- un·ex·trav·a·sat·ed, adjective
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How to use extravasate in a sentence
It began with a swelling in one knee, and soon extended to the whole leg, which assumed the colour of dark, extravasated blood.
He still mends, but abundance of extravasated blood has come out of the wound: he keeps his bed, and sees nobody.
The Journal to Stella | Jonathan SwiftThe tokens proper, according to Hodges, were spots on the skin proceeding from extravasated blood.
A History of Epidemics in Britain (Volume I of II) | Charles CreightonWhere 302 the pium fly feeds it leaves a dot of extravasated blood which remains for weeks, so that most of us were speckled.
The Sea and the Jungle | H. M. TomlinsonThey gather round it, at first with a certain amount of constraint, confining themselves to lapping the extravasated liquor.
Social Life in the Insect World | J. H. Fabre
British Dictionary definitions for extravasate
/ (ɪkˈstrævəˌseɪt) /
pathol to cause (blood or lymph) to escape or (of blood or lymph) to escape into the surrounding tissues from their proper vessels
to exude (molten material, such as lava) or (of molten material) to be exuded
pathol the material extravasated
Origin of extravasate
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