Meaning & use
Effusions
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Unrestrained outpourings of feeling, especially in speech or writing; also, in medicine, abnormal escapes of fluid into a body cavity or tissue.
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The album's liner notes are full of sentimental effusions about friendship and youth.
An X-ray revealed a pleural effusion, fluid that had built up around the patient's lung.
A note on using this word
In geology, 'effusion' also describes lava flowing out gently onto the surface, as opposed to an explosive eruption.
Words with a similar meaning
outpourings
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Words with an opposite meaning
restraint
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