1.
2.
[syn: eruption, eructation, extravasation]
3. the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Extravasation \Ex*trav`a*sa"tion\, n. [Cf. F. extravasation.]
1. The act of forcing or letting out of its proper vessels or
ducts, as a fluid; effusion; as, an extravasation of blood
after a rupture of the vessels.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Geol.) The issue of lava and other volcanic products from
the earth.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
extravasation
n 1: an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the
product of extravasation
2: (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so
formed) [syn: eruption, eructation, extravasation]
3: the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into
surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine