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AFFLUX

\ɐflˈʌks], \ɐflˈʌks], \ɐ_f_l_ˈʌ_k_s]\

Definitions of AFFLUX

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language

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A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A flowing towards; that which flows to; as, an afflux of blood to the head.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

Excessive local flow of blood.

1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
By William R. Warner

A flowing to; that which flows to.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

Rush of blood to a part.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

A flowing to or into; in pathology, the accumulation of an unnaturally large quantity of fluid in any part of the body. [Lat.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

The act of flowing to some place, affluence; that which flows to any place.

1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Sheridan

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