In general, to ooze or pass gradually out of a body structure or tissue; more specifically, restricted to a fluid or semisolid that so passes and may become encrusted or infected, because of injury or inflammation. [L. ex, out, + sudo, to sweat]
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1) to ooze out
2) to undergo diffusion vt to cause to ooze or spread out in all directions
Medical dictionary. 2011.