extravasation
noun/ɪkˌstɹævəˈseɪʃən/
Etymology From extravasate (“let out or force out (blood or fluid)”) + -ion; further etymology at extravasate. Attested from the 17th century.
1
The exudation of blood, lymph or urine from a vessel into the tissues.
- The right forearm and elbow show heavy bruises, with considerable extravasation from the surface vessels, showing they were inflicted some time before death.1937, Dorothy L. Sayers, Busman's Honeymoon:
2
The eruption of molten lava from a volcanic vent.
- Related terms
- extravasate, extravasatory