verb
- to force out or cause to escape from a proper vessel or channel (especially of blood or other bodily fluids)
Usage: medical
Examples
- The IV was extravasating fluid into the surrounding tissue.
- Blood was extravasating from the damaged vessel.
- The nurse noticed the medication extravasating at the injection site.
- Extravasating contrast dye can cause tissue damage.
- The doctor checked to ensure the IV wasn’t extravasating.
- Extravasating blood formed a hematoma under the skin.