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exudate

noun
/ˈɛksjʊdət//ˈɛksjʊdeɪt/

Etymology

Back-formation from exudation, on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix).

  1. derived from *sweyd-✻
  2. formed as exudate — “exude + -ate”

Definitions

  1. A fluid that has exuded from somewhere

    A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.

    • The whitish lines of exudate seem at times to penetrate even between the straight tubes . . .
    • When this is done, one should leave the poppy for some time, then return to it and gather any further exudate.

  2. To exude.

    • There is, hereto, no derivation of the seminal parts, nor any passage from hence, unto the vessels of ejaculation: some perforations only in the part itself, through which the humour included doth exudate

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for exudate. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA