transudation noun. [transju:'deɪʃ(ǝ)n, trɑ:ns-] E17.
[from French transsudation, from transsuder: see TRANSUDE, -ATION.]
1. The action or process of transuding; the passing off or oozing out of a liquid through the pores of a substance. E17.

2. = transudate. M17.

■ 'transudate noun a substance which is transuded; spec. (Medicine) watery fluid of non-inflammatory origin which has collected in a body cavity etc. (cf. EXUDATE noun): L19.

■ tran'sudatory adjective (rare) having the quality of transuding; characterized by transudation: M18.

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