Associations to the word «Effusion»

Wiktionary

EFFUSION, noun. A liquid outpouring.
EFFUSION, noun. (by extension) a speech or emotion outpouring.
EFFUSION, noun. (medicine) the seeping of fluid into a body cavity; the fluid itself

Dictionary definition

EFFUSION, noun. An unrestrained expression of emotion.
EFFUSION, noun. Flow under pressure.

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.