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Definitions
a foul-smelling outflow or vapor (especially a gaseous waste)
Word origin
From Latin effluvium (“an outlet”), from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).
Used in a sentence
“It was the mere effluvium of the flame, the subtle ether that it cast off as it passed, working on us, and making us feel strong as giants and swift as eagles.”
“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.”
“Reversible hair loss or effluvium occurs following either endogenous or exogenous damage to anagen hair follicles[…].”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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