extravasate

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Additionally, the blood-brain barrier in ICH is disrupted and allows molecules, such as glucose, to extravasate from the intravascular to the extracellular space.

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  1. transitive verb Pathology To force the flow of (blood or lymph) from a vessel out into surrounding tissue.
  2. transitive verb Geology To cause (molten lava) to pour forth from a volcanic vent.
  3. intransitive verb Pathology To exude from a vessel into surrounding tissue.
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  • Additionally, the blood-brain barrier in ICH is disrupted and allows molecules, such as glucose, to extravasate from the intravascular to the extracellular space. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • This generalizable method enabled us to show that in this model qdots do not extravasate and, unexpectedly, that they only bind as aggregates rather than individually. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
 

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  1. extra- + vas(o)- + -ate1.

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  1. from Middle Latin extravasatus, only as adjective, as if past participle of *extravasare (later Spanish extravasar(se) = Portuguese extravasar = French extravaser), from Latin extra, beyond, + vas, vessel: see vase, vessel.
  2. from ML.extravasatus: see the verb.
 

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/ɛksˈtrævəseɪt/
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