incurrent
Americanadjective
adjective
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(of anatomical ducts, tubes, channels, etc) having an inward flow
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flowing or running in an inward direction
Etymology
Origin of incurrent
1555–65; < Latin incurrent- (stem of incurrēns ), present participle of incurrere. See incur, -ent
Example Sentences
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Each shipworm has an incurrent siphon, which takes in water, and an excurrent siphon, which expels waste.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021
In certain knots, the excurrent siphons of different shipworms appeared to be wrestling with each other in competition, pulling incurrent siphons away from groping the excurrent ones.
From New York Times • Jan. 11, 2021
Seawater enters the tunicate’s body through its incurrent siphon.
From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013
Consequently, the Knoedler exhibition as a whole presents a display of control rare incurrent painting.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Cum tempus advenerit, quo se mundus renovaturus extinguat, viribus ista se suis cedent, et sidera sideribus incurrent, et omni flagrante materia uno igne quicquid nunc ex disposito lucet, ardebit."
From Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
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