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

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

Ordinarily, no discharge occurs at first from the nasal surface, but as the disease continues, if the type remain severe, defluxion of thin muco-pus takes place from the Schneiderian surface, which frequently excoriates the cheek.

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

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

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