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EXTRAVASATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does extravasate mean?
• EXTRAVASATE (verb)
The verb EXTRAVASATE has 3 senses:
1. force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel
2. become active and spew forth lava and rocks
3. geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth
Familiarity information: EXTRAVASATE used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
Conjugation: |
Past simple: extravasated
Past participle: extravasated
-ing form: extravasating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "extravasate" is one way to...):
eject; force out; squeeze out; squirt (cause to come out in a squirt)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
extravasation (the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine)
extravasation (an extravasated liquid (blood or lymph or urine); the product of extravasation)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Become active and spew forth lava and rocks
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
Context example:
Vesuvius erupts once in a while
Hypernyms (to "extravasate" is one way to...):
burst; explode (burst outward, usually with noise)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
extravasation ((of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "extravasate" is one way to...):
exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something ----s something
Derivation:
extravasation ((of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed))
Context examples
VCAM-1 is involved in the opening of the "endothelial passage" through which leukocytes can extravasate.
(Leukocyte Transendothelial Migration Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/KEGG)
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