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diapedesis
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diapedesis /di·a·pe·de·sis/ (di″ah-pĕ-de´sis) the outward passage of blood cells through intact vessel walls.
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Diapedesis of leukocytes.

di·a·pe·de·sis (d-p-dss)
n.
The movement or passage of blood cells, especially white blood cells, through intact capillary walls into surrounding body tissue. Also called migration.

diapedesis
[dī′əpidē′sis]
Etymology: Gk, dia + pedesis, an oozing
the passage of red or white blood corpuscles through the walls of the vessels that contain them without damage to the vessels. See also ameboid movement.

diapedesis [di″ah-pĕ-de´sis]
the outward passage of blood cells through intact vessel walls. See illustration.
Diapedesis of leukocytes. From Dorland's, 2000.

diapedesis (dīˈ··p·dēˑ·sis),
n disorder in which red and white blood cells pass through the blood vessel walls that house them without injuring the vessels.

diapedesis
the outward passage of blood cells through intact vessel walls.


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Amebocytes are migratory, diapedetic cells generally recognized to provide nutriment and defense through phagocytosis, killing, and digestion of invading or ingested microorganisms.
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