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Defluxion


DEFLUXION, noun [Latin To flow down.]

1. A flowing, running or falling of humors or fluid matter, from a superior to an inferior part of the body; properly, an inflammation of a part, attended with increased secretion.

2. A discharge of flowing off of humors; as a defluxion from the nose or head in catarrh.