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effusion

[ih-fyoo-zhuhn] / ɪˈfyu ʒən /


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AOM is often confused with otitis media with effusion, or fluid behind the ear, a condition that generally does not involve bacteria and does not benefit from antimicrobial treatment.

From Science Daily • Mar. 4, 2024

Mrs Pearson had been admitted for pleural effusion, or water on the lungs.

From BBC • Jun. 17, 2022

The effusion of bulb flowers of the East and Midwest — the daffodils, hyacinth, freesia, tulips — need a cold hibernation to generate the scented show they put on.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2022

Near the end, an effusion of Puccinian warmth yields to yet more punchy percussion, then a fanfaring pastiche of the Handelian Baroque before the work’s grimly quiet conclusion.

From New York Times • Nov. 24, 2021

Was it, as “Batty” pretends, a mere effusion of grief?

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling




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