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

In advanced stages of the disease, attended with much defluxion from the nose, the cells of the ethmoidal bone and the frontal sinuses are filled with pus.

From The Dog by Youatt, William

Whether the ophthalmia was infectious, or only endemic, I know not; but so it was, that, whilst Laura's eyes got well, those of her lover became affected with the same defluxion.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

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

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

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