extravasate

Escape the vessel

Extravasate is a medical term meaning to escape or cause to escape from a vessel into surrounding tissue.

Blood extravasates when it leaks from a ruptured vein; chemotherapy drugs may extravasate from an IV line, damaging nearby tissue.

The noun extravasation refers to this leakage or the fluid that has leaked: The CT scan revealed extravasation of contrast dye.

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hemorrhage

Profuse discharge of blood

  • hematomaBlood collected outside vessels
  • effusionUnrestrained emotional discharge
  • edemaPathological tissue puffiness

petechiae · infiltration · exudate · transudate · bleeding · bruising · contusion · hemostasis · coagulation · thrombosis

leak

seepage

Slow fluid escape

weep · ooze · trickle · dribble · bleed · leach · diffuse · permeate · filtrate · secrete

erupt

burst

Break apart suddenly

  • gushFlow out forcefully
  • spurtSudden forceful discharge
  • dischargeRelease of substance outward

expel · eject · disgorge · release · spew · overflow · rupture · surge · escape · emit

Opposites
fluid containment

extravasatecontain

Hold within limits

retain · circulate · confine · hold · enclose

directional flow

extravasatereabsorb

Take in again

absorb · resorb · take up · draw in · uptake

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