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Exudates and Transudates

Medical Definition: Exudates are fluids, cells, or other cellular substances that are slowly discharged from blood vessels usually from inflamed tissues. Transudates are fluids that pass through a membrane or squeeze through tissue or into the extracellular space of tissues. Transudates are thin and watery and contain few cells or proteins.
Guide Notes: breast cyst fluid = FIBROCYSTIC DISEASE OF BREAST (IM) + EXUDATES AND TRANSUDATES with pertinent qualif (NIM); DF: EXUDATES
Also Called: Exudates,Transudates
Exudates and Transudates Categories.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Cyst Fluid - Liquid material found in epithelial-lined closed cavities or sacs.
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Dentinal Fluid - The lymph or fluid of dentin. It is a transudate of extracellular fluid, mainly cytoplasm of odontoblastic processes, from the dental pulp via the dentinal tubules. It is also called dental lymph. (From Stedman, 26th ed, p665)
Canadian Medical Guide Definition Gingival Crevicular Fluid - A fluid occurring in minute amounts in the gingival crevice, believed by some authorities to be an inflammatory exudate and by others to cleanse material from the crevice, containing sticky plasma proteins which improve adhesions of the epithelial attachment, have antimicrobial properties, and exert antibody activity. (From Jablonski, Illustrated Dictionary of Dentistry, 1982)

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