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Webster 1913 Edition
Diapedesis
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Diˊa-pe-de′sis
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] a leaping or oozing through, fr. [GREEK] to leap through;
διά
through + [GREEK] to leap.] (Med.)
The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.
Definition 2024
diapedesis
diapedesis
English
Noun
diapedesis (plural diapedeses)
- The migration of blood cells (especially leucocytes) through the intact walls of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue