Definition of "efflux" [ef•flux]

• A flowing outward. (noun)
• Something that flows out or forth; an effluence. (noun)
• A passing or an expiration, as of time. (noun)

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• "However, as the Liberal Democrats were the cleanest party in terms of expenses, the ability to improve representation and take advantage of the efflux is reduced."
• "I don't expect to correct his behaviour (I gave up on that many many months ago), but I can ridicule his perversion of discourse so that his efflux is not mistaken for any drops of the nectar of knowledge by the ininitiated."
• "Researchers used a special incubator to measure both the quantity and quality of HDL, called efflux capacity, in 442 people with confirmed atherosclerosis and 351 healthy controls."