noun
- a fluid that has passed through a membrane or tissue, especially one that has leaked from blood vessels due to increased pressure or decreased protein concentration
Usage: medical
Examples
- The doctor identified the fluid as a transudate rather than an exudate.
- Pleural transudate typically has low protein content.
- Heart failure can cause transudate to accumulate in the lungs.
- The laboratory analysis confirmed the sample was a transudate.
- Transudates form when hydrostatic pressure increases in blood vessels.
- The clear, pale yellow transudate indicated a non-inflammatory process.