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diapedesis

[ dahy-uh-pi-dee-sis ]

noun

Physiology.
  1. the passage of blood cells, especially leukocytes, through the unruptured walls of the capillaries into the tissues.


diapedesis

/ ËŒdaɪəpəˈdiËsɪs; ËŒdaɪəpəˈdÉ›tɪk /

noun

  1. the passage of blood cells through the unruptured wall of a blood vessel into the surrounding tissues
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Derived Forms

  • diapedetic, adjective
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • »å¾±Â·²¹Â·±è±ð·»å±ð³Ù·¾±³¦ [dahy-, uh, -pi-, det, -ik], adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diapedesis1

1615–25; < New Latin < Greek »å¾±²¹±èḗdŧ²õ¾±²õ a leaping through, equivalent to »å¾±²¹±èŧ»åŧ- (verbid stem of »å¾±²¹±èŧ»åâ²Ô to leap through) + -sis -sis
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of diapedesis1

C17: New Latin, from Greek: a leaping through, from »å¾±²¹±èŧ»å²¹²Ô to spring through, from dia- + ±èŧ»å²¹²Ô to leap
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Henry ab Heer records the case of a man who not only laboured under diapedesis, but small worms accompanied the bloody secretion.

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

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Through the openings by which the leucocytes have escaped from the vessels, red corpuscles may be passively extruded—diapedesis of red corpuscles.

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To one of Virchow's pupils, Prof. Recklinghausen, we chiefly owe our knowledge of the phenomena of diapedesis as a part of the inflammatory activity.

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Fournier also mentions a curious case of diapedesis in a woman injured by a cow.

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