Exudation
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Exudation is a noun meaning The act or process of exuding.
Meaning
The act or process of exuding.
More Meanings
- Something that is exuded.
Example Sentences
In severe burns, the body loses large amounts of nitrogen, in the urine and by exudation from the burned body surface.
The car was parked in close to the rustic fence, under the lime trees, and their sticky exudations had already stippled the windscreen.
The skin must be frequently and thoroughly washed, occasionally with warm water and soap, to remove the oily exudations upon its surface.
Major Pendennis, having read with difficulty his nephew’s name under Mr. Warrington’s on the wall of No. 6, found still greater difficulty in climbing the abominable black stairs, up the banisters of which, which contributed their damp exudations to his gloves, he groped painfully until he came to the third story.
Word Forms
- exudations
Synonyms for exudation
Depending on context, synonyms include transudation.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include transudation, leakage, excretion, secretion, exusion, excreting.
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