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Diapedesis

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The migration of blood cells, especially leucocytes, through the intact walls of blood vessels into the surrounding tissue. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue wordnet

Etymology

From New Latin, from Ancient Greek, from dia- + Ancient Greek πηδᾰ́ω (pēdắō, “I leap”).

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