effluvium

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one. countable,uncountable
    — She was now bending over a huge light wood blaze, with a pipe of rude structure and no small dimensions in her mouth, from which the occasional puff went forth, filling the apartment with the unpleasant effluvia of the vilest leaf-tobacco.
  2. A condition causing the shedding of hair. countable,uncountable
    — Reversible hair loss or effluvium occurs following either endogenous or exogenous damage to anagen hair follicles[…].

词形变化

effluvia plural effluviums plural

词汇关系

词源

From Latin effluvium (“an outlet”), from effluō (“flow out or away”), from ex (“out of, from”) + fluō (“flow”).
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