effusion
IPA: ɪfjˈuʒʌn
noun
- 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.
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Examples of "effusion" in Sentences
- She could not finish the generous effusion.
- A pleural effusion infiltrates the space between these layers.
- 'Brucella' organisms locate in the synovitis with resultant effusion.
- In large effusion there may be tracheal deviation away from the effusion.
- 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.