a. and sb. [f. L. type *ex(s)ūdātīv-us, f. exsūdā-re: see EXUDE and -IVE.]
A. adj. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by exudation.
1859. Todd, Cycl. Anat., V. 617/2. The exudative process having extended from the uterus to the [Fallopian] tube.
1869. J. S. Wells, Dis. Eye, viii. § 6. 348. There are generally no exudative or degenerative changes of the retina.
1876. Duhring, Dis. Skin, 140. Exudative diseases.
B. sb. ‘That which is the product of exudation or which has been exuded’ (Syd. Soc. Lex., 1884).
1889. in Wagstaffe Med. Voc.
