AFFLUENT

An Illustrated Encyclopaedic Medical Dictionary · 1891 · p. 2

adj. A%f/flu?-e%nt. Lat., afluens. Fr., affluent, Ger., zustrémend. It., aJfluente. Sp., afluente. 1. Flowing toward; proceeding in a determinate direction. [L, 41.] 2 In pathology, accumulating in exce in one part or organ; produce anaffux. [B,38.] 3. Confluent. [L, 108.]