defluxion

American  

[dih-fluhk-shuhn] / dɪˈflʌk ʃən /

noun

Pathology.

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

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Etymology

Origin of defluxion

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

Example Sentences

If scarlatina occur during a severe attack of entero-colitis attended by purging, the defluxion from the external surface may be such that no efflorescence appears.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

The conjunctiv� are usually congested, there is an increased nasal defluxion, and the skin of the forehead and over the eyes is drawn into wrinkles.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

Pulse about 75, and considerable defluxion from the nose, which he thinks produced by getting a piece of Cayenne pepper in his eye.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, September 5, 1841 by Various

These forms beheld in divine natures possess a fabricative power, but with us they are only gnostic, and no longer demiurgic, through the defluxion of our wings, or degradation of our intellectual powers.

From Introduction to the Philosophy and Writings of Plato by Taylor, Thomas

The pose: a defluxion or rheum which stops the nose and obstructs the voice.

From The Canterbury Tales, and Other Poems by Purves, D. Laing