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effusionef‧fu‧sion /ɪˈfjuːʒən/ noun [countable, uncountable] effusionOrigin: 1400-1500 French, Latin effundere ‘to pour out’ - His letters were filled with effusions of love.
- Eleanor's stories had made him jealous; his wife's effusions angered him.
- He turned smartly on his heel and trotted into the foyer, greeting the stewards with indiscriminate effusion.
- It was the kind of news that made writers let loose with effusions.
- On admission here, he had a low grade pyrexia, bilateral pleural effusions, and moderate smooth hepatomegaly.
- Pleural effusions are found in up to half these patients, although most are small and without clinical significance.
- The joints should be carefully examined for effusion, limitation of motion, or deformities.
- This waiting time will in most cases select out those children whose effusions are short lived.
1technical a liquid or gas that flows out of something, or the act of flowing out: a massive effusion of poisonous gas2formal an uncontrolled expression of strong good feelings: He greeted the guests with effusion. |