effusion
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Effusion can be defined as the process by which a gas escapes through a pinhole into a vacuum.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Effusion is a similar process in which gaseous species pass from a container to a vacuum through very small orifices.
From Textbooks • Feb. 14, 2019
Effusion is just a fancier word for swelling in the knee.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 8, 2018
Effusion of blood into the nerve sheath, or into the internal or middle ear, causes transitory deafness, and the patient suffers from noises in the ear, giddiness, and interference with equilibration.
From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander
Effusion of blood in the vaginal walls.—This is common as a result of difficult parturition, but it may occur from local injury before that act, and may seriously interfere with it.
From Special Report on Diseases of the Horse by Michener, Charles B.
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