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extravasation

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extravasation /ex·trav·a·sa·tion/ (ek-strav?ah-za´shun)
1. a discharge or escape, as of blood, from a vessel into the tissues; blood or other substance so discharged.
2. the process of being extravasated.
extravasation (ek·stra·v·sāˑ·shn),
n 1. seeping of blood, lymph, or serum into tissues.
2. seeping of chemotherapeutic drugs into a tissue.
extravasation (ekstrav´zā´shn),
n the escape of a body fluid out of its proper place (e.g., blood into surrounding tissues after rupture of a vessel, urine into surrounding tissues after rupture of the bladder).
extravasation
1. a discharge or escape, as of blood, from a vessel into the tissues; blood or other substance so discharged.
2. the process of being extravasated.
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