efflux
Americannoun
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outward flow, as of water.
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something that flows out; effluence.
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a passing or lapse of time.
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a passing away; expiration; ending.
Etymology
Origin of efflux
1635–45; < Medieval Latin effluxus, equivalent to Latin ef- ef- + fluc-, variant stem of fluere to flow + -sus, for -tus suffix of v. action
Example Sentences
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Nedergaard proposed that this efflux relied on the pumping of fluid through tiny glymphatic vessels between neurons, which her team had identified in an earlier study.
From Science Magazine • May 24, 2024
Through their work, the scientists unraveled the mechanism of action by which eAmSPCs are more effective: they circumvent efflux.
From Science Daily • Jan. 5, 2024
Most prominently, this activated the bacteria’s efflux pump systems, a general expulsion system that many bacteria use to eliminate various molecules, including antibiotics.
From Scientific American • Jan. 26, 2023
Cells maintain the influx and efflux of organic substances using energy.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Is a physical, phenomenal, imaginable, efflux of some entity out of the cause into the effect, either immediately or through some medium as a channel, a necessary condition for real influence?
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
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