Definition of "exudation" [ex•u•da•tion]

• The act or an instance of oozing forth. (noun)
• An exudate. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "[1] The term exudation is used to designate the passing of cells and fluid from the vessels in inflammation; the material is the exudate."
• "Higher CO2 concentrations tend to intensify root exudation, which is the main source of available carbon for soil and rhizosphere bacteria."
• "All comes to pass in the blackest depths of the crowd, whose agglomeration, growing denser and denser, produces the temperature needful for this exudation, which is the privilege of the youngest bees."