English Explanatory Dictionary

third spacing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The abnormal accumulation of fluid (watery liquid) into an extracellular and extravascular space or potential space (i.e., outside vessels and outside cells).

Word forms

third spacing

Related words

ascites edema effusion extravasation interstitial fluid swelling transcellular
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