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Added 10 October 2026

extrusion

noun

Latin root: extrūdere Wiktionary

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A manufacturing process where a billet of material is pushed and/or drawn through a die to create a shaped rod, rail or pipe.
An item formed by the process of extrusion.
A process through which a virus leaves its host cell by fusing with that cell's plasma membrane.

Origin

Mid-16th century from Latin extrūdere, from ex- (“out”) + trūdere (“to thrust”).

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