Meaning & use
Exudation
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The process of oozing or seeping out slowly, or the substance that is exuded.
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A sticky resin exudation coated the trunk of the wounded pine tree.
Doctors monitored the wound for signs of exudation and infection.
A note on using this word
Used in both botany, to describe sap or resin leaking from plants, and medicine, to describe fluid discharge from wounds.
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