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Exudate vs Inflammation - What's the difference?

exudate | inflammation |

As nouns the difference between exudate and inflammation

is that exudate is a fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant while inflammation is the act of inflaming]], [[kindle|kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.

As a verb exudate

is (obsolete) to exude.

exudate

Noun

(en noun)
  • A fluid that has exuded from somewhere; especially one that has exuded from a pore of an animal or plant.
  • *1861 Stephen Jennings Goodfellow - Lectures on the Diseases of the Kidney, Generally Known as Brights Disease, and Dropsy
  • *:The whitish lines of exudate seem at times to penetrate even between the straight tubes . . .
  • *2005 Selma Tibi - The Medicinal Use of Opium in Ninth-century Baghdad
  • *:When this is done, one should leave the poppy for some time, then return to it and gather any further exudate .
  • Verb

    (exudat)
  • (obsolete) To exude.
  • (Sir Thomas Browne)

    inflammation

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia inflammation)
  • The act of inflaming]], [[kindle, kindling, or setting on fire; also, the state of being inflamed.
  • (symptom) A condition of any part of the body, consisting of congestion of the blood vessels, with obstruction of the blood current, and growth of morbid tissue. It is manifested outwardly by redness and swelling, attended with heat and pain.
  • Violent excitement; heat; passion; animosity; turbulence; as an inflammation of the mind, of the body politic, or of parties.
  • Hyponyms

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