EFFLORESCENCE

n. Eaf-flor-eas'ens. Gr., e<ivOr)<ri<. Lat., efflorescent i a (from eff lores cere, to bloom). Fr., e., element erupt if (2d def.). Ger., Efflorescenz, Aufbliihen. 1. An exanthem. [G.] 2. One of the circumscribed marks of disease or lesions upon the skin which collectively constitute an exanthem; such as a papule of lichen, a vesicle of herpes, a pustule of variola, etc. [G.j 3. In botany, the act of flowering, [a, 24.] 4. A condition which certain crystalline bodies tend to a ume, in which they give off their water of crystallization spontaneously at ordinary temperatures and are converted into an amorphous ma . [B, 1, 6.] [s. 658]