‖ profluvium
(prəʊˈfluːvɪəm)
Pl. -ia.
[L. prōfluvium a flowing forth, flux, f. prōflu-ĕre: see profluent. With variant profluvion cf. L. comb. form -luvio, -ōnem (colluvio, diluvio) beside -luvium.]
A flowing forth; a copious flow or discharge, a flux. (Chiefly Path.)
| 1603 Florio Montaigne iii. xiii. (1632) 615 An easie profluvion or aboundant running of gravell. 1670 Phil. Trans. V. 2075 The bloud..swels and opens the vessels, and breaks out into a Profluvium. 1835 Syd. Smith in Mem., etc. (1855) II. 361, I melt away in nasal and lachrymal profluvia. 1843 R. J. Graves Syst. Clin. Med. xxiv. 299 The second or inflammatory stage with its well-known profluvium. |
| fig. 1864 E. Sargent Peculiar II. 108 Decorated around the bust with a profluvium of black lace. |