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单词 efflux
释义

efflux

noun

ef·​flux ˈe-ˌfləks How to pronounce efflux (audio)
1
: something given off in or as if in a stream
2
a
: effluence sense 2
b
: a passing away : expiration
effluxion
e-ˈflək-shən How to pronounce efflux (audio)
noun

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web The virus Chan selected latches on to what is known as an efflux pump on the bacterial cell wall. Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2019 Zwicker discovered that this chemical influx and efflux will exactly counterbalance each other when an active droplet reaches a certain volume, causing the droplet to stop growing. Quanta Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin effluxus, from effluere

First Known Use

1647, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

efflux

noun

ef·​flux ˈef-ˌləks How to pronounce efflux (audio)
1
: something that is given off in or as if in a stream
the red-blood-cell sodium ion efflux
2
: the action or process of flowing or seeming to flow out
the uptake and efflux of sodium ions
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