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BLOOD EXTRAVASATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The leakage of blood from a vessel into tissues surrounding it; can occur in injuries or burns or allergic reactions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("blood extravasation" is a kind of...):
extravasation (the process of exuding or passing out of a vessel into surrounding tissues; said of blood or lymph or urine)
bleeding; haemorrhage; hemorrhage (the flow of blood from a ruptured blood vessel)