Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A flowing down; a running downward.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Downward flow.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun obsolete
downward flow
Etymologies
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Latin defluxus, from defluere, defluxum.
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Examples
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Plato, that it is the deflux of the spinal marrow.
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Dr. Mathews is planning to remove her deflux and to reimplant her ureters in an attempt to stop the reflux and protect her remaining kidney.
Blogtimore, Hon 2008
biocon commented on the word deflux
In addition, deflux is a verb meaning 1. to flow down; 2. to fall off in influence (OED).
February 11, 2012