efflux

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ef·flux | \ ˈe-ˌfləks

Definition of efflux

1 : something given off in or as if in a stream

2a : effluence sense 2

b : a passing away : expiration

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Recent Examples on the Web The virus Chan selected latches on to what is known as an efflux pump on the bacterial cell wall. — Charles Schmidt, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2019 Zwicker discovered that this chemical influx and efflux will exactly counterbalance each other when an active droplet reaches a certain volume, causing the droplet to stop growing. — Quanta Magazine, 19 Jan. 2017

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