effusion
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- Rhymes: -uːʒən
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effusion (plural effusions)
- an outpouring of liquid
- (by extension) an outpouring of speech or emotion
- 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures
- Captain Spaulding: My friends, I am highly gratified by this magnificent display of effusion...
- 1930; George S. Kaufman, Morrie Ryskind, Bert Kalmar, Harry Ruby; Animal Crackers, Paramount Pictures
- (medicine) the seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself
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[edit] French
[edit] Noun
effusion f. (plural effusions)
