What is another word for effusion?

Pronunciation: [ɪfjˈuːʒən] (IPA)

Effusion is a noun that typically refers to the act or instance of something pouring out or spilling over, whether it be a substance or emotions. Synonyms for effusion include overflow, outpouring, flood, deluge, surge, inundation, gush, and torrent. If the effusion refers to emotions, then synonyms for it could be, among others, expression, display, demonstration, manifestation, release, and venting. Effusion is also often used in medical contexts to describe a buildup of fluids in the body, such as pleural or pericardial effusion, and synonyms in this case might include accumulation, buildup, deposit, or pool.

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Usage examples for Effusion

Even at the bitten place there is as a rule very little swelling and effusion and frequently none at all.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
Here then we have an approach to the effects of viper poison which is also shown in the greater amount of swelling and effusion around the bite and in the bitten limb.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller
There was much swelling and effusion in the leg, but no ill effects followed.
"On Snake-Poison: its Action and its Antidote"
A. Mueller

Famous quotes with Effusion

  • An honorable Peace is and always was my first wish! I can take no delight in the effusion of human Blood; but, if this War should continue, I wish to have the most active part in it.
    John Paul Jones
  • The Lord receive my soul, and have mercy on me, and bless this kingdom with peace and charity, that there may not be this effusion of Christian blood amongst them.
    William Laud
  • That night two lovers whispering under the lead canopy of the church were killed by their own passion. Their effusion of words, unable to escape through the Saturnian discipline of lead, so filled the spaces of the loft that the air was all driven away. The lovers suffocated, but when the sacristan opened the tiny door the worlds tumbled him over in their desire to be free, and were seen flying across the city in the shape of doves. (p.13)
    Jeanette Winterson

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