Transudate (Noun)
Meaning
A substance that transudes.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- Plant leaves excrete water and minerals in the form of a liquid transudate through the process of guttation.
- A physician examining the fluid from the injured ankle noted the clear transudate that indicated it was not infected.
- When a severely wounded sailor had a medic examine his foot, the doctor dismissed infection after noticing the liquid transudate oozed effortlessly.
- During a surgical procedure, a surgeon detected minute amounts of serous transudate seeping from the wound.
- Fluid accumulation that showed up as a clear serous transudate rather than pus signified that the athlete's knee injury was less complicated.