Extravasation
Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-003097
The leakage of blood, lymph, or other fluid, such as an anticancer drug, from a blood vessel or tube into the tissue around it. It is also used to describe the movement of cells out of a blood vessel into tissue during inflammation or metastasis (the spread of cancer).
| Identifier | MLC-T-ONC-003097 |
|---|---|
| Field | Oncology and biomedicine |
| References | NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms |
Record as JSON
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"definition": "The leakage of blood, lymph, or other fluid, such as an anticancer drug, from a blood vessel or tube into the tissue around it. It is also used to describe the movement of cells out of a blood vessel into tissue during inflammation or metastasis (the spread of cancer).",
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