verb
- to force or allow (blood, lymph, or other fluid) to escape from a vessel into surrounding tissue
- to pour out or overflow (lava or other material) from a volcano or fissure
Usage: medical/anatomical term; third person singular present tense or plural form of extravasate
Usage: geological term; third person singular present tense or plural form of extravasate
Examples
- The injury extravasates blood into the surrounding muscle tissue.
- When a blood vessel ruptures, it extravasates plasma into the interstitial space.
- The volcano extravasates lava across the surrounding landscape.
- Damaged capillaries extravasate fluid, causing swelling and bruising.
- The geological survey documented where the lava extravasates from the fissure.
- Extravasates of blood appear as dark bruises on the skin.