the escape of blood or lymph from their proper vessels into surrounding tissues
Compare intravasation
extravasation in American English
(ikˌstrævəˈseiʃən)
noun
1.
the act of extravasating
2.
the matter extravasated
Word origin
[1670–80; extravasate + -ion]This word is first recorded in the period 1670–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cohesion, festoon, generic, saber, splutter-ion is a suffix, appearing in words of Latin origin, denoting action or condition, usedin Latin and in English to form nouns from stems of Latin adjectives (communion; union), verbs (legion; opinion), and esp. past participles (allusion; creation; fusion; notion; torsion)
Examples of 'extravasation' in a sentence
extravasation
These arrested cells can then move out of circulation and into surrounding tissue or organs, a process called extravasation.