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diapedesis

/dahy-uh-pi-dee-sis/US // ˌdaɪ ə pɪˈdi sɪs //UK // (ˌdaɪəpəˈdiːsɪs) //

吐痰,吐血,吐真剂,吐纳

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Physiology.

    • : the passage of blood cells, especially leukocytes, through the unruptured walls of the capillaries into the tissues.

Examples

  • To the number of these there is possibly an addition by the immigration from below (diapedesis) of leucocytes.

  • It is supposed that in many such cases the hemorrhage is due to diapedesis, and not to rupture of a blood-vessel (rhexis).

  • Henry ab Heer records the case of a man who not only laboured under diapedesis, but small worms accompanied the bloody secretion.

  • For five successive Fridays the same phenomenon appeared, when a confirmed diapedesis appeared.

  • The theory of blood pressure may apply to diapedesis accompanying the inflammatory process.