exudation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a substance that oozes out from plant pores
    exudate.
  2. noun the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes
    transudation.

WordNet


Ex`u*da"tion noun
Definitions
  1. The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded.
    Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations. Am. Cyc.

Webster 1913