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.
Infected tissue fluid
- mucusProtective bodily secretion
- sebumNatural skin lubricant
- cerumenWaxy ear discharge
- earwaxEar canal secretion
sputum · lymph · serum · plasma · synovial · serous · purulent · suppuration
Seep gradually out
- seepageSlow fluid escape
- leakageUnintended fluid escape
- drainageLiquid removal system
- dischargeRelease of substance outward
trickle · weep · drip · extravasation · efflux · permeation · filtrate · outflow
Viscous plant secretion
- sapPlant circulatory fluid
- latexMilky plant-derived polymer
- gumSticky plant secretion
- nectarFloral sugar water
amber · pitch · rosin · oleoresin · balsam · manna · rubber · tapping
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- rednessCrimson-hued state
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- cellulitisSubcutaneous bacterial infection
empyema · sepsis · granuloma · abscess · suppuration · purulence · cytokines · leukocytes
pus
Infected tissue fluid
earwax · sputum · lymph · serum · plasma · synovial · serous · purulent · suppuration · sanguineous
ooze
Seep gradually out
discharge · trickle · weep · drip · extravasation · efflux · permeation · filtrate · outflow · dribble
resin
Viscous plant secretion
nectar · amber · pitch · rosin · oleoresin · balsam · manna · rubber · tapping · turpentine
swelling
Abnormal tissue enlargement
- rednessCrimson-hued state
- edemaPathological tissue puffiness
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
cellulitis · empyema · sepsis · granuloma · abscess · suppuration · purulence · cytokines · leukocytes · macrophages
drainage
Liquid removal system
abscess · ulcer · lesion · sore · laceration · scab · healing · infection · debridement · granulation
- body fluidsblood, lymph, saliva, urine, sweat
- woundswound, wounded, bullet wound, wounds, ulcer
- dischargespus, mucus, phlegm, discharge, effusion
- retinal medicineretinal detachment, macular degeneration, AMD, macula, fovea
- fluid collectionseffusion, edema, ascites, pericardial effusion, hematoma
- pus-formingpus, suppuration, purulence, purulent, abscess