defluxion

[ dih-fluhk-shuhn ]

noun

, Pathology.

1. a copious discharge of fluid matter, as in catarrh.

Word History and Origins

Origin of defluxion¹

1540–50; < Late Latin dēfluxiōn- (stem of dēfluxiō ) a flowing down, discharge, equivalent to Latin dē- de- + fluxiōn- fluxion

Example Sentences

This year, his Laura was seized with a defluxion in her eyes, which made her suffer much, and even threatened her with blindness.

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A man of mean condition, born at Alexandria, had lost his sight by a defluxion on his eyes.

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Before I could leave the place the cough attacked me, and I was very much troubled with the continual defluxion until the Tuesday.

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