transude

The liquid portion of the exudation represents something more than the transuded blood-serum, and a certain practical importance results from the distinction drawn between an exudation and a transudation.

As the mucous membrane is very thin, the result is otherwise than in man; the blood transudes through the mucous membrane and flows away.

The liver was very large, of a soft texture and white colour; gall-bladder full of dark green bile, which had in part transuded through its coats.

Through the excessively thin walls of the capillaries the fluid part of the blood transudes to nourish the tissues outside the capillaries; at the same time fluid passes from the tissues into the blood.

The sun shone on his dilapidated garments and on his purple skin; it was almost black and seemed to transude blood.