verb
- to escape or leak out from a vessel or container, especially of blood or other bodily fluid
Usage: medical/technical; past tense and past participle of extravagat
Examples
- The blood extravagated into the surrounding tissue after the injury.
- When the IV line was removed improperly, fluid extravagated into the patient's arm.
- The doctor noted that fluid had extravagated from the damaged vessel.
- Extravagated blood beneath the skin causes bruising.
- The contrast dye extravagated during the imaging procedure.