What's the difference between effusion and leakage?

Effusion


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of pouring out; as, effusion of water, of blood, of grace, of words, and the like.
  • (n.) That which is poured out, literally or figuratively.
  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) The liquid escaping or exuded.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) BT Sport's marketing manager, Alfredo Garicoche, is more effusive still: "We're not thinking for the next two or three years, we're thinking for the next 20 or 30 years and even longer.
  • (2) The authors describe a case of expulsive choroidal effusion which occurred in the course of a fistulating operation in a child with Sturge-Weber syndrome.
  • (3) In all patients a Tenckoff's catheter for peritoneal dialysis was introduced and peritoneal effusion extracted and measured.
  • (4) Recurrent respiratory infections occurred in 17 (38%), and chronic recurrent middle ear effusions were noted in 33 (73%).
  • (5) On the seventh day, when middle ear effusions were absent, the ciliary activity had recovered to normal.
  • (6) Emergency CT showed evidence of pericardial effusion suggesting hemopericardium, enlargement of the ascending aorta and a peripheral semilunar filling defect which caused a slight deformation of the true channel.
  • (7) Subsequently, the inflammatory reaction diminishes, as can be seen on smears from tympanic effusions.
  • (8) We report a case of tamponade due to an effusion of blood which had occurred two weeks after an aorto-coronary bypass and was unusually located behind the left atrium.
  • (9) Control fluids of posttraumatic effusions were negative; among the other controls synovial fluid from 1 psoriatic arthritis patient reacted positively.
  • (10) In severely affected children who have chronic otitis media with effusion resistant to medical therapy, adenoidectomy is an effective treatment.
  • (11) The syndrome of ovarian hyperstimulation is an exceptional aetiology of pleural effusion.
  • (12) Eleven effusions met one or more of three criteria commonly used to identify exudative effusions.
  • (13) Bacteria present in effusions were identified, and their ability to produce beta-lactamase was also determined.
  • (14) Her chest roentgenogram showed a moderate amount of pleural effusion in the left pleural cavity without infiltration in the lung fields and no evidence of swollen hilar or mediastinal lymphnodes.
  • (15) In the case of a massive serous pleural effusion examination of the ingredients leads to diagnosis.
  • (16) Similarly, the estimation of individual normal serum proteins in effusion fluids is unlikely to be of diagnostic value.
  • (17) However, separation of the capsule from the bony glenoid can be detected if a joint effusion is present to adequately distend the joint.
  • (18) A retrospective study was made with the purpose of testing Ultrasound usefulness in differential diagnosis between empyematous and non empyematous evolution of parapneumonic effusions.
  • (19) Seventy-nine children have been followed with persistent middle ear effusion (MEE).
  • (20) On the basis of this experience, further investigation of the intrapericardial administration of cisplatin as treatment to control malignant pericardial effusions appears warranted.

Leakage


Definition:

  • (n.) A leaking; also, the quantity that enters or issues by leaking.
  • (n.) An allowance of a certain rate per cent for the leaking of casks, or waste of liquors by leaking.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The data suggest that slow injection with the high tourniquet inflation pressure is better, although the differences in leakage with an intact tourniquet were not statistically significant.
  • (2) Of 135 patients studied with erectile dysfunction, 40 had venous leakage, and these patients were classified into three groups according to findings on cavernosograms.
  • (3) To decrease the incidence of postoperative leakage, we used the Gambee's method of single layer anastomosis in cervical esophagogastrostomy for carcinoma of the hypopharynx and superior segment of the esophagus.
  • (4) Manual compression of the bladder elicited urine leakage from the urethra, and the urethral closure pressure was markedly low.
  • (5) Measurements of CL tissue progesterone content before and after in vitro perfusion indicated that the changes in progesterone secretion seen during pseudopregnancy resulted from differences in the synthesis and secretion of progesterone and not from leakage of progesterone already present in the CL prior to perfusion.
  • (6) The H1 histamine receptor antagonist, diphenhydramine, suppressed TPA-induced vascular leakage by 25 and 50% at topical doses of 0.342 mumol (100 micrograms) and 0.856 mumol (250 micrograms) respectively.
  • (7) We studied the effect of a specific 5-lipoxygenase inhibitor, A-63162, on airway microvascular leakage and airflow obstruction following inhaled ovalbumin in actively sensitized guinea pigs.
  • (8) It is suggested that the initial decline in the force amplitude results from Ca2+ leakage from the SR which is further compensated for by an elevation of both the transmembrane Ca2+ entry and intracellular Ca2+ release.
  • (9) Surprisingly, whole-rat envenomation, using very large doses of venom, produced little dye leakage even though obvious symptoms of neurotoxic action were observed.
  • (10) The ratio of the total interface length to the penetration of leakage was calculated and compared.
  • (11) To test the hypothesis that reduced ATP production during anoxia was compensated partly by conserving energy through reduced ion leakage, the rate of K+ leakage was measured in normoxic and anoxic turtle brains in which Na(+)-K(+)-adenosinetriphosphatase was inhibited with ouabain.
  • (12) Arrhenius plots of the leakage rates showed breaks in the 20-25 degrees C temperature range, which correspond to the gel-liquid crystalline phase transition of the target liposomes.
  • (13) This presentation illustrates an additional case of bilateral chylothorax occurring after radical neck dissection, and the first case, to our knowledge, with no concurrent external lymph leakage.
  • (14) The incidence of leakage, fistula formation, luminal stricture, peristalsis disturbance, lining loss, the quality of surface restoration, bursting strength, and wound healing were evaluated.
  • (15) Retrospective review of computed tomographic scans taken two years before admission revealed the beginning of the leakage of the aneurysm.
  • (16) The evolution and characteristics of diabetic rubeosis were studied in 33 eyes, and the following vascular abnormalities were found: (1) Dilated leaking capillaries around the pupil; (2) irregular or slow filling of the radial arteries; (3) superficial arborising newly formed vessels, usually starting in the chamber angle; and (4) dilatation and leakage of the radial vessels either before or after the development of neovascular glaucoma.
  • (17) SP injection into the dental pulp and lip induced dye leakage.
  • (18) The incidence of clinical anastomotic leakage was 4.8 per cent.
  • (19) 1) Short term follow-up study: Perfusion of the limb with Fluosol-DA solution significantly minimized edema formation and leakage of skeletal muscle enzymes (GOT, CPK) into the serum 5.5 hours after revascularization as compared to Collins sol., lactated Ringer's sol.
  • (20) The extent of leakage varied over two orders of magnitude from condom to condom within each brand.

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