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extravasation

DEFINITIONS OF: extravasation

1

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

Types:
blood extravasation
the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions
urocele
extravasation of urine into the scrotal sac
Type of:
biological process, organic process
a process occurring in living organisms

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

Type of:
liquid
fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume

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

Synonyms:
eructation, eruption
Type of:
action, activeness, activity
the state of being active
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