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Definition: Exudate |
ExudateNoun1. A substance that oozes from animal or plant pores. Verb1. Release through one's pores, as of sweat. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | Material, such as fluid, cells, or cellular debris, which has escaped from blood vessels and has been deposited in tissues or on tissue surfaces, usually as a result of inflammation. An exudate, in contrast to a transudate, is characterized by a high content of protein, cells, or solid materials derived from cells. (references) |
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Synonyms: ExudateSynonyms: exude (v), ooze (v), ooze out (v), transude (v). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Exudate |
| English words defined with "exudate": arolla pine ♦ blue pimpernel, blue skullcap ♦ Canada balsam, cembra nut tree, Chinese lacquer tree ♦ Japanese lacquer tree, Japanese sumac, Japanese varnish tree ♦ karaya gum ♦ labdanum, lacquer tree, ladanum, latex, liquidambar ♦ mad-dog skullcap, mad-dog weed, mastic ♦ natural resin ♦ Pinus cembra ♦ Rhus verniciflua ♦ Scutellaria lateriflora, sterculia gum, sweet gum, Swiss pine, Swiss stone pine ♦ Toxicodendron vernicifluum ♦ varnish tree. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "exudate": Bronchiolitis Obliterans ♦ pine-resin ♦ Tauta. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Photomicrograph of a urethral exudate from a male with urethritis, indicating gram-negative N. gonorrhoeae intracellular diplococci. Credit: CDC. |  | Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes Diphtheria that affects the upper respiratory tract, where an inflammatory exudate causes severe obstruction to the breathing airways, and sometimes suffocation. Credit: CDC. |
 | Smear of exudate showing spherules of Coccidioides immitis. Experimental infection of mouse with soil sample. Credit: CDC. |  | A Gram-stained urethral exudate from a male with urethritis. Note the pleomorphic Gram-negative extracellular organisms, as well as intracellular diplococci. This culture is positive for Neisseria gonorrhoeae. Credit: CDC. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Higher power magnification showing the antraalveolar exudate composed mainly of polymorphonuclear leukocytes, red blood cells, and fibrin. (references) | |
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| "Exudate" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Exudate" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
exudate | 13 |
exudate management | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "exudate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 渗出液. (various references) | |
Danish | exudat, exsudat. (various references) | |
Dutch | exsudaat. (various references) | |
French | exsudat (m), exsudat. (various references) | |
German | Exsudat (exudation). (various references) | |
Greek | εξίδρωμα. (various references) | |
Italian | essudato (drip). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | exudateay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | exsudado (drip, foaming, surging). (various references) | |
Spanish | exudado (bleeding, foaming, surging). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "exudate": exudates. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-t-u-x" | |
-2 letters: etude, exude, taxed. | |
-3 letters: axed, date, daut, deet, duet, eaux, teed. | |
-4 letters: ate, axe, dee, dex, due, eat, eau, eta, tad, tae, tau, tax, tea, ted, tee, tux, uta. | |
-5 letters: ad, ae, at, ax, de, ed, et, ex, ta, ut, xu. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-t-u-x" | |
+1 letter: exudates. | |
+2 letters: exhausted, extubated, exudative, exuviated. | |
+3 letters: exactitude, exculpated, expurgated, extenuated, extrudable, exuberated, undertaxed, undertaxes. | |
+4 letters: exactitudes, excruciated. | |
+5 letters: expostulated, extramundane, inexactitude, myxedematous, unexpurgated, unoxygenated. | |
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