effluxion

From efflux +‎ -ion, from Latin effluxus, from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈflʌk.ʃən/
• Rhymes: -ʌkʃən

effluxion (countable and uncountable, plural effluxions)

1. The process of flowing out.

   We all age through the effluxion of time.

   The effluxion of matter from a boil can be painful.

2. That which has flowed out.

   the effluxion of a boil

• (process of flowing out): efflux, effluence, outflow

• effluxion of time