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fluctuant

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fluc⋅tu⋅ant

  [fluhk-choo-uhnt]
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–adjective
1. fluctuating; varying; unstable.
2. undulating; moving or seeming to move in waves.
Origin:
1550–60; < L fluctuant- (s. of fluctuāns) (prp. of fluctuāre to undulate). See fluctuate, -ant
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fluc·tu·ate   (flŭk'chōō-āt')   
v.   fluc·tu·at·ed, fluc·tu·at·ing, fluc·tu·ates

v.   intr.

  1. To vary irregularly. See Synonyms at swing.

  2. To rise and fall in or as if in waves; undulate.

v.   tr.
To cause to rise and fall or vary irregularly.

[Latin flūctuāre, flūctuāt-, from flūctus, a flowing, from past participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in Indo-European roots.]
fluc'tu·ant (-ənt) adj., fluc'tu·a'tion n.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: fluc·tu·ant
Pronunciation: 'fl&k-ch&-w&nt
Function: adjective
: movable and compressible —used of abnormal bodystructures (as some abscesses or tumors) fluctuant mass> fluctuant and were removed surgically —Biological Abstracts>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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