Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

defluxion

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: de-flux-ion
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A flowing down; a running down.

Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable

noun

A discharge or flowing of fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] Lanfrank takes Notice of Tract. 3. Doct. 3. cap. 18. ſaying, "I have ſeen many who being full of Humours, have made an Iſſue under the Knee, before due Purgation had been premis'd; whence, by reaſon of the too great Defluxion of Humours, the Legs tumified, ſo that the cauterized Place corrupted, and a Cancer (or rather cacoethic Ulcer) was thereby made, with which great Difficulty was cur'd.""
"Chronic defluxion from the nose, with sense of stuffing and fulness, occasionally attends cerebral congestion."

Etymology

From Latin defluxio.

Usage

Inflected Forms

defluxions (plural)

Questions

What does defluxion mean?: A flowing down; a running down.
Where does defluxion come from?: From Latin defluxio.

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