exudate

Tissue fluid leakage

Exudate is fluid that oozes out of tissue, typically through pores or a wound.

The term appears mainly in medical and biological contexts: The wound produced a yellowish exudate.

Plant sap that seeps from bark is also exudate.

The verb is exude.

bodily

pus

Infected tissue fluid

earwax · sputum · lymph · serum · plasma · synovial · serous · purulent · suppuration · sanguineous

flow

ooze

Seep gradually out

discharge · trickle · weep · drip · extravasation · efflux · permeation · filtrate · outflow · dribble

botanical

resin

Viscous plant secretion

  • sapPlant circulatory fluid
  • latexMilky plant-derived polymer
  • gumSticky plant secretion

nectar · amber · pitch · rosin · oleoresin · balsam · manna · rubber · tapping · turpentine

inflammatory

swelling

Abnormal tissue enlargement

cellulitis · empyema · sepsis · granuloma · abscess · suppuration · purulence · cytokines · leukocytes · macrophages

wound

drainage

Liquid removal system

abscess · ulcer · lesion · sore · laceration · scab · healing · infection · debridement · granulation

Categories
Opposites
fluid type

exudatetransudate

Fluid passing through membranes

serum · plasma · lymph

fluid movement

exudateresorption

Body reclaiming its tissue

absorption · uptake · influx

Family

exudation

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