EXUDATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does exudate mean? 

• EXUDATE (noun)
  The noun EXUDATE has 1 sense:

1. a substance that oozes out from plant pores

  Familiarity information: EXUDATE used as a noun is very rare.

• EXUDATE (verb)
  The verb EXUDATE has 1 sense:

1. release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

  Familiarity information: EXUDATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXUDATE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A substance that oozes out from plant pores

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

exudate; exudation

Hypernyms ("exudate" is a kind of...):

discharge; emission (a substance that is emitted or released)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "exudate"):

gum (any of various substances (soluble in water) that exude from certain plants; they are gelatinous when moist but harden on drying)

latex (a milky exudate from certain plants that coagulates on exposure to air)

Derivation:

exudate; exude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)

• EXUDATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they exudate    ... he / she / it exudates   
Past simple: exudated   
Past participle: exudated   
-ing form: exudating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude

Context example:

exude sweat through the pores

Hypernyms (to "exudate" is one way to...):

egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "exudate"):

distil; distill (give off (a liquid))

fume; reek (be wet with sweat or blood, as of one's face)

transpire (give off (water) through the skin)

extravasate (geology: cause molten material, such as lava, to pour forth)

stream (exude profusely)

gum (exude or form gum)

release; secrete (generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids)

froth (exude or expel foam)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

exudate (a substance that oozes out from plant pores)

 Context examples 

Any whole or part of a plant (including plant exudates), animal or microorganism that is unprocessed (raw material), or that has been processed, pulverized or extracted.

(Natural Product, NCI Thesaurus)

It consists of mesothelium on a connective tissue layer and it secretes a watery exudate.

(Large Intestinal Serosal Surface, NCI Thesaurus)

An exudate, in contrast to a transudate, is characterized by a relatively high protein content.

(Exudate, NCI Thesaurus)

Inflammation of the bronchioles with obstruction by fibrous granulation tissue or bronchial exudate.

(Bronchiolitis obliterans, NCI Thesaurus)

A disorder characterized by blockage of a bronchus passage, most often by bronchial secretions and exudates.

(Bronchial Obstruction, NCI Thesaurus/CTCAE)

"Organizing" refers to unresolved pneumonia (in which the alveolar exudate persists and eventually undergoes fibrosis) in which fibrous tissue forms in the alveoli.

(Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia, NCI Thesaurus)

Blockage of a bronchus passage most often by bronchial secretions and exudates.

(Bronchial Obstruction, NCI Thesaurus)

Any agent that promotes ejection of mucus or exudate from the lungs, bronchi and trachea by decreasing mucus viscosity or by increasing the secretion of mucus in a dry, unproductive cough.

(Expectorant, NCI Thesaurus)

Superficial vascularization of the cornea with infiltration of granulation tissue; an inflammatory exudate overlying the lining layer of synovial cells on the inside of a joint.

(Pannus Formation, NCI Thesaurus)

Acute or chronic inflammation of the iris and ciliary body characterized by exudates into the anterior chamber, discoloration of the iris, and constricted, sluggish pupil.

(Iridocyclitis, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)