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EXTRAVASATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("extravasation" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extravasation"):
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)
Derivation:
extravasate (force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
Synonyms:
eructation; eruption; extravasation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("extravasation" is a kind of...):
action; activeness; activity (the state of being active)
Domain category:
vent; volcano (a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt)
Derivation:
extravasate (geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth)
extravasate (become active and spew forth lava and rocks)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("extravasation" is a kind of...):
liquid (fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume)
Derivation:
extravasate (force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel)
