'Exudation' definitions:
Definition of 'exudation'
(from WordNet)
noun
A substance that oozes out from plant pores [syn: exudate, exudation]
noun
The process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes [syn: exudation, transudation]
Definition of 'Exudation'
From: GCIDE
- Exudation \Ex`u*da"tion\, n. The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded. [1913 Webster]
- Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations. --Am. Cyc. [1913 Webster]