effusion: meaning and definitions

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What is effusion?

What is effusion?

  • The act or an instance of effusing.
  • 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 The seeping of serous, purulent, or bloody fluid into a body cavity or tissue.
  • Pathology The effused fluid.

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