EXUDATION

exudation, transudation

(noun) the process of exuding; the slow escape of liquids from blood vessels through pores or breaks in the cell membranes

exudate, exudation

(noun) a substance that oozes out from plant pores

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

exudation (countable and uncountable, plural exudations)

The act or process of exuding.

Something that is exuded.

Source: Wiktionary

Ex`u*da"tion, n.

Definition: The act of exuding; sweating; a discharge of humors, moisture, juice, or gum, as through pores or incisions; also, the substance exuded. Resins, a class of proximate principles, existing in almost all plants and appearing on the external surface of many of them in the form of exudations. Am. Cyc.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition