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.
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