Ef*fu"sion (?), n. [L. effusio: cf. F. effusion.]
1. The act of
pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
To save the effusion of my people's blood.
Dryden.
2. That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
Wash me with
that precious effusion, and I shall be
whiter than sow.
Eikon Basilike. The light effusions of a heedless
boy.
Byron.
3. (Pathol.) (a) The escape of a fluid out of
its natural vessel, either by rupture of
the vessel, or by exudation through its walls. It may pass into
the substance of an organ, or issue upon
a free surface. (b)
The liquid escaping or exuded.
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