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efflux

noun as in outflow

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Some mutate their genes to produce specific efflux proteins that “escort” the trespassing antibiotic molecules out as soon as they enter the cell.

In efflux of time that rule, become habitual, would be, "No marriage within the local group."

In many tribes the meaning of their names, like the meaning of too many phratry names, might be forgotten with efflux of time.

Efflux is that which flows from, and is generally predicated of that which proceeds from below upwards.

But these latter personages are partly paid for watching the efflux of time, and no doubt they will do their duty.

Whitman said, 'Happiness is the efflux of soul,' which is exactly true, but it didn't help me until I had experience.

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On this page you'll find 8 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to efflux, such as: discharge, effluence, and emanation.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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