effusion

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French effusion, from Latin effūsiō (“outpouring”). Displaced native Old English āgotennes. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -uːʒən === Noun === effusion (countable and uncountable, plural effusions) A liquid outpouring. Antonym: infusion Coordinate terms: transfusion, perfusion (chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules. (figurative, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion. 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion […] (medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself. Hyponyms: hydrothorax, hemothorax Coordinate term: edema ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French effusion, borrowed from Latin effusiōnem. === Pronunciation === === Noun === effusion f (plural effusions) effusion === Further reading === “effusion”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012