What it means
The beginning of words for something outside a boundary. Extracellular fluid is outside the cells, extravasationek-strav-uh-SAY-shunThe leaking of an IV drug that damages tissue (a vesicant) out of the vein into the surrounding tissue.extra- outsidevas/o vessel-ation processFull entry is the leaking of an IV drug out of the vein into the tissue, and extrapyramidal symptoms come from brain pathways outside the main motor (pyramidal) tracts. Its opposite is intra-IN-truhA word beginning that means inside or within.Full entry , within.
Related terms
intra-
A word beginning that means inside or within.
extravasation
The leaking of an IV drug that damages tissue (a vesicant) out of the vein into the surrounding tissue.