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LEAKAGE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The discharge of a fluid from some container

Example:

he had to clean up the leak

Synonyms:

escape; leak; leakage; outflow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

Hypernyms ("leakage" is a kind of...):

discharge; outpouring; run (the pouring forth of a fluid)

Derivation:

leak (have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out)

leak (enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure)

Credits

 Context examples: 

A finding of leakage of bile due to breakdown of a biliary anastomosis (surgical connection of two separate anatomic structures).

(Biliary Anastomotic Leakage, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

Leakage of bile due to breakdown of a biliary anastomosis.

(Biliary Anastomotic Leakage, NCI Thesaurus)

Leakage of drug from a vein into the surrounding tissue.

(Drug Extravasation, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result, this agent increases cellular permeability thereby resulting in leakage of cellular contents.

(Econazole, NCI Thesaurus)

Others enter the blood through leakage from cell damage and cell death.

(Study highlights potential for ‘liquid health check’ to predict disease risk, University of Cambridge)

Leakage due to breakdown of an esophageal anastomosis.

(Esophageal Anastomotic Leakage, NCI Thesaurus)

"It evolved over time" - 4 billion years of leakage to space - "to become the dry planet we see today."

(The ice giant Uranus appears to be losing a bit of its atmosphere to space, NASA)

This ultimately leads to cellular leakage and cell death.

(Ambruticin, NCI Thesaurus)

Leakage due to breakdown of a pancreatic anastomosis.

(Pancreatic Anastomotic Leakage, NCI Thesaurus)

A finding of leakage due to breakdown of a pancreatic anastomosis (surgical connection of two separate anatomic structures).

(Pancreatic Anastomotic Leakage, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)