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Exudation

noun
1.
A substance that oozes out from plant pores.  Synonym: exudate.
2.
The process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes.  Synonym: transudation.






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"Exudation" Quotes from Famous Books



... from captured insects, though not capable of true digestion, the solvent just referred to, which must be occasionally present in the glands, would be apt to exude from the glands together with the viscid secretion, inasmuch as endosmose is accompanied by exosmose. If such exudation did ever occur, the solvent would act on the animal matter contained within the captured insects, and this would be an act of true digestion. As it cannot be doubted that this process would be of high ...
— Insectivorous Plants • Charles Darwin

... find out the exact point where the crack ends, the Revue Industrielle recommends moistening the cracked surface with petroleum, then, after wiping it, to immediately rub it with chalk. The oil that has penetrated into the crack will, by exudation, indicate the exact course and end ...
— Scientific American Supplement, No. 810, July 11, 1891 • Various

... found a singular acacia, the leaves being covered with a clammy exudation resembling honey-dew. It differed from A. graveolens in its much more rigid habit, shorter and broader leaves, and ...
— Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Vol 2 (of 2) • Thomas Mitchell

... never highly ameliorative, were none the more so now; the grisly wrestling with realities does little to promote the exudation of balm. Roger was tough and technical and litigious; his was the hand to seize, ...
— With the Procession • Henry B. Fuller

... excretions, etc., such as serous exudation, pus, blood, etc., are treated as fluid cultivations; but if the material is very thick or viscous, a small quantity of sterile bouillon or normal saline solution may be used to dilute it, and thorough incorporation effected by the help of a sterile ...
— The Elements of Bacteriological Technique • John William Henry Eyre


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