effusion
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noun
- A liquid outpouring.
- Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
- (by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
- The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.
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Synonyms
gushoutburstdischargeemissionreleaseflowoutpouringeffluxdelugeexcretionejectionexudationspillspillageseepageoverflow
Associated
tamponadepleuralpericarditispleuraascitespneumothoraxomepericardiumserouslymphomadyspneamesothelioma