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Exudate
Fluid emitted through pores or a wound / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For another meaning, see Surfactant leaching.
An exudate is a fluid released by an organism through pores or a wound, a process known as exuding or exudation.[1] Exudate is derived from exude 'to ooze'[2] from Latin exsūdāre 'to (ooze out) sweat' (ex- 'out' and sūdāre 'to sweat').[3]