See Also: transudation(medicine)
transudation(dictionary)

transudation (iou)



transudation noun. E17.
[from French transsudation, from transsuder: see TRANSUDE, -ATION.]
The action or process of transuding; the passing off or oozing out of a liquid through the pores of a substance. E17.
= transudate. M17.
'transudate noun a substance which is transuded; spec. (Medicine) watery fluid of non-inflammatory origin which has collected in a body cavity etc. (cf. EXUDATE noun): L19.
tran'sudatory adjective (rare) having the quality of transuding; characterized by transudation: M18.