EXTRAVASATION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Hypernyms ("extravasation" is a kind of...):

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "extravasation"):

blood extravasation (the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions)

urocele (extravasation of urine into the scrotal sac)

Derivation:

extravasate (force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel)

Meaning:

(of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)

Synonyms:

eructation; eruption; extravasation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("extravasation" is a kind of...):

action; activeness; activity (the state of being active)

Domain category:

vent; volcano (a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt)

Derivation:

extravasate (geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth)

extravasate (become active and spew forth lava and rocks)

Meaning:

An extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("extravasation" is a kind of...):

liquid (fluid matter having no fixed shape but a fixed volume)

Derivation:

extravasate (force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel)