Recent Examples on the WebThe black substance is sooty mold, which feeds on the exudate from sucking insects.oregonlive, 27 Mar. 2022 In return the plant roots produce an exudate that feeds the fungi.oregonlive, 26 Mar. 2022 If we or people around us had blasted out a different sort of bodily eruption with so little effort at containment, and with significant exudate, . Gene Weingarten, Washington Post, 9 Apr. 2020 The adhesive skin exudate of Notaden bennetti frogs (Anura: Limnodynastidae) has similarities to the prey capture glue of Euperipatoides sp. Dani Rabaiotti, Quartz, 18 June 2019
Word History
First Known Use
1876, in the meaning defined above
Medical Definition
exudate
noun
ex·u·date ˈek-s(y)u̇-ˌdāt -shu̇-
: exuded matter
especially: the material composed of serum, fibrin, and white blood cells that escapes from blood vessels into a superficial lesion or area of inflammation