diapedesis

Term: diapedesis

Origin: Anc Greek

δια-/dia(=prefix meaning through, apart) > probably from the root δις/dis(=twice)

πήδημα/pedema(=leap) > πηδός/pedos(=The flat part of an oar)

literally meaning “ act of leaping through”

Coined

In 1889 by German-Jewish pathologist Julius Friedrich Cohnheim (1839 –1884) was and later by Clarke (1935).

Definition:

 Diapedesis is defined the migration of blood cells through intact capillary walls into soft tissues.