Definition & Meaning | English word EFFUSION

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Definitions of EFFUSION

1. A liquid outpouring.
2. (chemistry, physics) Process of gases passing through a hole or holes considerably smaller than the mean free path of the gas molecules.
3. (figurative, by extension) An outpouring of speech or emotion.
4. (medicine) The seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself.

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Examples of Using EFFUSION in a Sentence

• Graham found experimentally that the rate of effusion of a gas is inversely proportional to the square root of the molar mass of its particles.
• In medical terminology, an effusion refers to accumulation of fluid in an anatomic space, usually without loculation.
• Here it can cause right-sided heart failure, arrhythmias, pericardial effusion, and cardiac tamponade.
• In solid source MBE, elements such as gallium and arsenic, in ultra-pure form, are heated in separate quasi-Knudsen effusion cells or electron-beam evaporators until they begin to slowly sublime.
• The original hotel was described as having a "lofty stone and brick exterior", which was "animated by an effusion of balconies, alcoves, arcades, and loggias beneath a tile roof bedecked with gables and turrets".
• A chyle fistula occurs when defect(s) of lymphatic vessel(s) result in leakage of lymphatic fluid, typically accumulating in the thoracic (pleural) or abdominal (peritoneal) cavities, leading to a chylous pleural effusion (chylothorax) or chylous ascites, respectively.
• By examining the morphologies of lava flow structures on Ascraeus Mons, geologists are able to calculate the rheological properties of the lava and estimate the rate at which it poured out during eruption (effusion rate).
• It may also be administered inside the chest to help prevent the recurrence of a pleural effusion due to cancer; however talc is better for this.
• Pleurodesis is performed to prevent recurrence of spontaneous pneumothorax or pleural effusion, and can be done chemically or mechanically.
• The tube can be used to remove clinically undesired substances such as air (pneumothorax), excess fluid (pleural effusion or hydrothorax), blood (hemothorax), chyle (chylothorax) or pus (empyema) from the intrathoracic space.
• In the setting of trauma, cardiac tamponade results from an acute pericardial effusion, the accumulation of blood within the sac that surrounds the heart.
• primary effusion lymphoma and multicentric Castleman's disease, caused by Human gammaherpesvirus 8 (HHV-8), also known as Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV).
• He made it his business to break down the narrow prejudices and the still narrower self-satisfaction of his countrymen, without endangering his influence by a mere effusion of paradox.
• The latter production was described many years later as a "seductive blend of serious documentary, lyrical effusion and unbridled prurience".
• Severe symptoms are fullness/bloating above the waist, shortness of breath, pleural effusion, urination significantly darker or diminished in quantity, calf and chest pain, marked abdominal bloating or distention, and lower abdominal pain.
• Clinical studies have demonstrated the device's efficacy in the treatment of ear blockage caused by Eustachian tube dysfunction and otitis media with effusion.
• The second part of Cromwell's statement, that the massacre would "tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future," is accepted to mean that such harshness, including such tactics as clubbing to death and the public displaying of heads, would discourage future resistance and prevent further loss of life.
• Complications may include lung abscess, acute respiratory distress syndrome, empyema, and parapneumonic effusion.
• Locations can include the subcutaneous tissue on the scalp, the pleura (pleural effusion), the pericardium (pericardial effusion) and the abdomen (ascites).
• In medicine, Meigs's syndrome, also Meigs syndrome or Demons–Meigs syndrome, is the triad of ascites, pleural effusion, and benign ovarian tumor (ovarian fibroma, fibrothecoma, Brenner tumour, and occasionally granulosa cell tumour).
• Detection of viral RNA in a sample of the effusion (liquid drained from body), such as by reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR) is diagnostic of effusive FIP.
• Additional radiographic findings include joint effusion and degenerative changes such as joint space narrowing, subchondral sclerosis, and osteophyte formation.
• Once in the mediastinum, the secretions can either be contained in a mediastinal pseudocyst, lead to enzymatic mediastinitis, or, more commonly, leak through the pleura to enter the chest and form a chronic pancreatic pleural effusion.
• It can be impalpable for a variety of reasons including obesity, emphysema, effusion and rarely dextrocardia.
• Pulsus paradoxus is a sign that is indicative of several conditions, most commonly pericardial effusion.

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