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efflux

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ef⋅flux

  [ef-luhks]
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–noun
1. outward flow, as of water.
2. something that flows out; effluence.
3. a passing or lapse of time.
4. a passing away; expiration; ending.
Also, ef⋅flux⋅ion  [i-fluhk-shuhn] (for defs. 3, 4).

Origin:
1635–45; < ML effluxus, equiv. to L ef- ef- + fluc-, var. s. of fluere to flow + -sus, for -tus suffix of v. action
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ef·flux   (ěf'lŭks')   
n.  

  1. A flowing outward.

  2. Something that flows out or forth; an effluence.

  3. A passing or an expiration, as of time.


[From Latin efflūxus, past participle of effluere, to flow out; see effluent.]
ef·flux'ion (ĭ-flŭk'shən) n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ef·flux
Pronunciation: 'ef-"l&ks
Function: noun
1 : something that is given off in or as if in a stream efflux>
2 : the action or process of flowing or seeming to flow out efflux of sodium ions>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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