An exudate is a fluid released by an organism through pores or a wound, a process known as exuding or exudation. Exudate is derived from exude 'to ooze'...

Pus is an exudate, typically white-yellow, yellow, or yellow-brown, formed at the site of inflammation during infections, regardless of cause. An accumulation...

has been shown to reduce prostaglandin E2 production and inflammatory exudate for up to 15 hours, although there was less effect on eicosanoid production...

misinterpreted as "mummy", and the word's meaning expanded to "a black resinous exudate scraped out from embalmed Egyptian mummies". This began a period of lucrative...

etiology of pleural fluid. First the fluid is either transudate or exudate. An exudate is defined as pleural fluid to serum total protein ratio of more...

effusions: the diagnostic separation of transudates and exudates". Annals of Internal Medicine. 77 (4): 507–13. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-77-4-507. PMID 4642731...

infection – to defend the wound against germs and mechanical damage; Absorb exudate – to soak up blood, plasma, and other fluids exuded from the wound, containing...

mountains (in mountain crevices and caves). A blackish-brown powder or an exudate from high mountain rocks, often found in the Himalayas, the Pamir Mountains...

of inflammatory cellular exudate in the alveoli and adjoining ducts. The liquid can be pulmonary edema, inflammatory exudate, pus, inhaled water, or blood...

Lobar pneumonia is a form of pneumonia characterized by inflammatory exudate within the intra-alveolar space resulting in consolidation that affects a...

systemic antibiotics, topical antibiotics, hormones, desloughing agents, exudate absorbents, fibrinolytics, proteolytics, sunscreens, antiperspirants, corticosteroids...

follows (from the United States Pharmacopeia): Opium is the air-dried milky exudate obtained by incising the unripe capsules of Papaver somniferum Linne or...

polymers and adhesives forming a flexible wafer. In contact with wound exudate, the polysaccharides and other polymers absorb water and swell, forming...

, due to cirrhosis), while exudates are actively secreted fluid due to inflammation or malignancy. As a result, exudates are high in protein and lactate...

microbiological examination will always be performed on the surgical exudate to determine the proper course of any antibiotic treatment. Diagnosis of...

of sputum, or no sputum at all (i.e. non-productive). Lack of alveolar exudate. Despite general symptoms and problems with the upper respiratory tract...

whereas a scab is composed of dried blood and exudate. Black eschars are most frequently attributed in medicine to cutaneous anthrax (infection by Bacillus...

Balsam is the resinous exudate (or sap) which forms on certain kinds of trees and shrubs. Balsam (from Latin balsamum "gum of the balsam tree," ultimately...

than the older method of classifying ascites fluid as a transudate versus exudate. The formula is as follows: SAAG = (serum albumin) − (albumin level of...

reference to the throat and paranasal sinuses. It can result in a thick exudate of mucus and white blood cells caused by the swelling of the mucous membranes...

throat, covered in white exudate. This is a culture-positive case of streptococcal pharyngitis with typical tonsillar exudate in an 8-year-old. Strep throat...

"Pleural Effusion in Meigs' Syndrome-Transudate or Exudate?: Systematic Review of the Literature". Medicine. 94 (49): e2114. doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000002114...

resinous mixture that honey bees produce by mixing saliva and beeswax with exudate gathered from tree buds, sap flows, or other botanical sources. It is used...

it, and -osis meaning condition. The swelling is due to the oozing of exudate from abnormally permeable capillaries. In general, chemosis is a nonspecific...

A complication in medicine, or medical complication, is an unfavorable result of a disease, health condition, or treatment. Complications may adversely...

cells. After few hours or few days, tendon sheath is filled by fibrinous exudate and leads to crepitus. In chronic paratenonitis fibroblasts appear along...

exudate becomes creamy and evidently suppurative; in people who are dehydrated, it also becomes very inspissated. The quantity of accumulated exudate...

knee Tophii on the toe and ankle Gout complicated by ruptured tophi, the exudate of which tested positive for uric acid crystals Gout in the big toe of...

abscess was found on his liver, from which 550cc of hemopurulent exudate was drained. The exudate was cultured and S. anginosus was found. Disc diffusion technique...

terebinth tree. Although the word originally referred to the resinous exudate of terebinth trees (e.g. Chios turpentine, Cyprus turpentine, and Persian...