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n. - Passage of blood cells (especially white blood cells) through intact capillary walls and into the surrounding tissue.

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  • Of this malady, known in medical science by the term diapedesis, there have been examples recorded in both ancient and modern times.
  • Fournier also mentions a curious case of diapedesis in a woman injured by a cow.
  • H2-calponin-free macrophages demonstrated a higher rate of proliferation and faster migration than that of h2-calponin-positive cells, consistent with a faster...
  • (1816-70; diapedesis of the red corpuscles of the blood, studies on nerve-fibres and ganglia, Waller's degeneration) and William Prout
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