effusion

IPA: ɪfjˈuʒʌn

A liquid outpouring.
(chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
(figurative, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
(medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.

Examples of "effusion" in Sentences

Dalembert: Left knee effusion, which is fancy terminology for swelling in the left knee.
Pleurisy, with effusion, which is to be considered of tuberculous origin if no other cause can be proved.
In the case of extravasated fluids, operate immediately over the seat of effusion, which is frequently on the opposite side from the wound.
Following heart surgery there is a risk that the patient will develop pericardial effusion, which is the collection of fluid around the heart.
But the real pleasure of this posthumous effusion is the sheer joy the author evinces in showing off generous measures of tendentiousness and his undoubted historiographical bona fides.
Albertine, a harshness which substituted for the original love a new love composed of pity, emotion, of the need of effusion, which is only a variant of the former love, that is not to be found also in this scene:
The libretto by the British playwright/screenwriter Christopher Hampton (above, in the middle) isn't great (if he used the word "effusion" one more time I was going to scream), but it's serviceable and covers a lot of history efficiently.
(compare Joh 7: 38; Tit 3: 6). by the Holy Ghost which is -- rather, "was." given unto us -- that is, at the great Pentecostal effusion, which is viewed as the formal donation of the Spirit to the Church of God, for all time and for each believer.