effusion
noun
uk/ɪˈfjuː.ʒən/us/ɪˈfjuː.ʒən/[Cusually singular]literary
asuddenanduncontrolledexpressionofstrongemotion:
(强烈感情的)迸发,倾泻an effusionofangeranddespair突然陷入愤怒和绝望之中
The effusionofpatrioticexpressionafter theSept. 11attackscutacrossclasslines.
- Hislatesteffusion is aspleasantas apaintedtinofshortbreadand ascomfyas anelasticatedwaistband.
- Eachgirlfeltguiltyof amaudlineffusion ofsentiment.
- Theclevernessof his writingdeflatesamidhis effusions offeeling.
Strong feelings
- afire
- all-consuming
- anguish
- anguished
- ardent
- fierce
- fierceness
- fit to burstidiom
- fulminating
- grip
- pungently
- rabid
- rabidly
- reinforced
- rhapsodic
- riptide
- searing
- tingle
- torrid
- virulent
[CorU]medicalspecialized
anoccasionwhenliquidescapesinside thebody, or thefactof thishappening:
She hadanaemiaand asmallpericardial effusion.
Middleeareffusion was notconsideredatreatmentfailure.
Pleuraleffusionspresentachallengefor bothdiagnosisandtreatment.
- On the backpartof theheadthere was an effusion ofbloodbeneath theskull.
- Treatmentmeasuresareaimedatfacilitatingdrainageof the effusion.
- Pericardial effusions arecommon, but theytendto berelativelysmalland do notcausesignificanthemodynamicproblems.
Disease & illness - general words
- acute
- aggressiveness
- autoimmune disease
- bilharzia
- bluetongue
- calculus
- CFS
- iatrogenic
- ill health
- impairment
- incurably
- infantile
- outbreak
- pathology
- pathway
- uncomplicated
- variant
- worried well
- zoonosis
- zoonotic