MEANING
Fluid that passes through tissue or a membrane under pressure or fluid-balance conditions, typically with relatively low protein content.
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- a clear transudate
- transudate formation
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A clear transudate collected beneath the membrane.
The analysis distinguished the transudate from the earlier inflammatory fluid.
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Primary category: horror. Forms: Singular transudate; plural transudates. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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