1. Passage of a fluid or solute through a membrane by a hydrostatic or osmotic pressure gradient. See transudate. 2. SYN: transudate.
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1) the act or process of transuding or being transuded
2) TRANSUDATE
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n.
the passage of a liquid through a membrane, especially of blood through the wall of a capillary vessel. The liquid is called the transudate.
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tran·su·da·tion (trans″u-daґshən) 1. the passage of serum or other body fluid through a blood vessel as a result of hydrodynamic forces; it may be the result of inflammation. 2. transudate.Medical dictionary. 2011.