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incurrent

[in-kur-uhnt, -kuhr-]

adjective

carrying or relating to an inward current.

Origin:
1555–65; < Latin incurrent- (stem of incurrēns), present participle of incurrere. See incur, -ent

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incurrent (ɪnˈkʌrənt)

—*adj*
1.	(of anatomical ducts, tubes, channels, etc) having an inward flow
2.	flowing or running in an inward direction

[C16: from Latin incurrēns running into; see incur]

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