Di`a*pe*de"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. a leaping or oozing through, fr. to leap through; through + to leap.] Med.

The passage of the corpuscular elements of the blood from the blood vessels into the surrounding tissues, without rupture of the walls of the blood vessels.

 

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