Definition of effusion

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ef·fu·sion

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-fy

n) KEY

NOUN:

1. The act or an instance of effusing.
2. Liquid or other matter poured forth.
An unrestrained outpouring of feeling, as in speech or writing: "the devout effusions of sacred eloquence" (Edmund Burke).
Pathology
1. The seeping of serous, purulent, or bloody fluid into a body cavity or tissue.
2. The effused fluid.

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