BLOOD EXTRAVASATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blood extravasation mean? 

• BLOOD EXTRAVASATION (noun)
  The noun BLOOD EXTRAVASATION has 1 sense:

1. the leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions

  Familiarity information: BLOOD EXTRAVASATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLOOD EXTRAVASATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("blood extravasation" is a kind of...):

extravasation (the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine)

bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)