extravasate
/ɪkˈstrævəˌseɪt/
verb
- (of a liquid, especially blood or other bodily fluid) to escape or be forced out from a vessel into surrounding tissue.
- If blood extravasates from a damaged vein, it can cause a bruise under the skin.
- In severe injuries, plasma may extravasate into the tissues, leading to swelling.
- The nurse noticed that the IV fluid had begun to extravasate into the patient's arm.
- To cause (a liquid) to flow out from a vessel into surrounding tissue.
- The surgeon took care not to extravasate any blood during the delicate procedure.
- The doctor warned that the chemotherapy drug could extravasate and damage healthy cells.
- Improper injection technique can extravasate the dye into the muscle instead of the vein.
- To spread or flow out from a confined space or source; to overflow.
- The crowd's excitement seemed to extravasate into the streets after the victory.
- When the pipe burst, water began to extravasate into the basement.
- Lava can extravasate from a crack in the volcano's side during an eruption.
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