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ex·u·date

 (ĕks′yo͝o-dāt′)
n.
A substance that has oozed forth.

[Latin exsūdātum, neuter past participle of exsūdāre, to exude; see exude.]
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ex•u•date

(ˈɛks yʊˌdeɪt, ˈɛk sə-, ˈɛg zə-)

n.
an exuded substance.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.exudate - a substance that oozes out from plant pores
emission, discharge - a substance that is emitted or released
gum - any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying
latex - a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air
Verb1.exudate - release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities; "exude sweat through the pores"
distil, distill - give off (a liquid); "The doctor distilled a few drops of disinfectant onto the wound"
reek, fume - be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face
transpire - give off (water) through the skin
extravasate - geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth
stream - exude profusely; "She was streaming with sweat"; "His nose streamed blood"
gum - exude or form gum; "these trees gum in the Spring"
secrete, release - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
egest, excrete, eliminate, pass - eliminate from the body; "Pass a kidney stone"
froth - exude or expel foam; "the angry man was frothing at the mouth"
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Translations

ex·u·date

n. exudado, fluido inflamatorio tal como el de secreciones y supuraciones.
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exudate

n exudado
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The variables measured apart from demographic data were change in surface area, amount of exudate and amount of slough covering the wound.
Superabsorbent wound dressings have gained paramount importance in the wound care on the coattails of its extremely absorbent and unique core for exudate management.
GTs may release the stored exudate by physical rupture or secrete it through the tip opening, causing the plant surfaces to become sticky (Falara & Pichersky, 2012).
Redsense Medical reported on Friday the receipt of patent approval in Sweden for the innovative smart wound care technology for optical measuring of blood and exudate.
PICO uses a 4-layer multifunction dressing design in which the layers work together to ensure that negative pressure is delivered to the wound bed and exudate is removed through absorption and evaporation.
These laminates can be used directly as an absorbing substrate, or incorporated into a wide variety of finished products used to absorb fluids such as water, blood, exudate, urine and other aqueous based solutions, while reducing the bad odors associated with these fluids and bacterial activity.
In addition, for a wound dressing to be of good quality, it needs to have specific properties including the ability to maintain a moist environment, absorb exudate, minimise maceration to the edges of the wound, permit exchanges of bodily gas, be easy to remove, and minimise pain from the wound [3, 4].
Although RAMs may involute spontaneously, treatment can be beneficial in the setting of associated macular edema, exudate, or neurosensory retinal detachment [2].
It was present in about 50% of 234 chicks examined since 2002 and is characterized by a thick serocellular exudate in the oral cavity of 1-4-week-old chicks.
Table 5 and Figure 5 shows sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV) and negative predictive value (NPV) for differentiation of exudate and transudate while using pleural fluid cholesterol cut-off point >45 mg/dL.
Automatic exudate segmentation [17] in color retinal fundus images, which incorporates three phases: anatomic structure removal, exudate area and exudate segmentation.
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