Afflux

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A flow to or toward an area, especially of blood or other fluid toward a body part: an afflux of blood to the head.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. an upward rush of fluid
  • n. The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A flowing towards; that which flows to.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of flowing to; a flow or flowing to; an accession: as, an afflux of blood to the head.
    • Word Usage
    "There is a huge afflux of new information in human genetics and epigenetics."
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