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noun
The migration of blood cells, especially leucocytes, through the intact walls of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: organic phenomenon
History
From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, from dia- + Ancient Greek πηδᾰ́ω (pēdắō, “I leap”).
Across languages
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