[syn: exudation, transudation]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Exudation \Ex`u*da"tion\, n.
The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors,
moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also,
the substance exuded.
[1913 Webster]
Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in
almost all plants and appearing on the external surface
of many of them in the form of exudations. --Am. Cyc.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
exudation
n 1: a substance that oozes out from plant pores [syn:
exudate, exudation]
2: the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood
vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes [syn:
exudation, transudation]