effluvium
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin effluvium (“an outlet”), from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ɪˈfluviəm/
Noun [edit]
effluvium (plural effluvia or effluviums)
- A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XV, page 188:
- She was now bending over a huge light wood blaze, with a pipe of rude structure and no small dimensions in her mouth, from which the occasional puff went forth, filling the apartment with the unpleasant effluvia of the vilest leaf-tobacco.
- 1906, O. Henry, The Furnished Room
- And he breathed the breath of the house—a dank savour rather than a smell—a cold, musty effluvium as from underground vaults mingled with the reeking exhalations of linoleum and mildewed and rotten woodwork.
- 1835, William Gilmore Simms, The Partisan, Harper, Chapter XV, page 188:
- A condition causing the shedding of hair.
- 2000, Dr. Otto Braun-Falco, et al., “Diseases of hair”, in Dermatology, ISBN 3-540-59452-3, page 1136:
- Reversible hair loss or effluvium occurs following either endogenous or exogenous damage to anagen hair follicles […] .
- 2000, Dr. Otto Braun-Falco, et al., “Diseases of hair”, in Dermatology, ISBN 3-540-59452-3, page 1136:
Translations [edit]
A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one
A condition causing the shedding of hair
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
effluvium (genitive effluviī); n, second declension
Inflection [edit]
| Number | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | effluvium | effluvia |
| genitive | effluviī | effluviōrum |
| dative | effluviō | effluviīs |
| accusative | effluvium | effluvia |
| ablative | effluviō | effluviīs |
| vocative | effluvium | effluvia |
Synonyms [edit]
- (act of flowing out): effluus
