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exudate

'eksu:deit4 senses · 302 ms
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noun/ˈɛksjʊdət//ˈɛɡzjʊdət/
  1. 1

    A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.

    • The whitish lines of exudate seem at times to penetrate even between the straight tubes . . .
    • When this is done, one should leave the poppy for some time, then return to it and gather any further exudate.
verb/ˈɛksjʊdeɪt//ˈɛɡzjʊdeɪt/
  1. 1

    To exude.obsolete

    • There is, hereto, no derivation of the seminal parts, nor any passage from hence, unto the vessels of ejaculation: some perforations only in the part itself, through which the humour included doth exudate

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