Obs. Also 6 confluction. [f. L. type *confluxiōn-em (cf. defluxio, diffluxio, influxio), n. of action from L. confluĕre to flow together. The primitive fluĕre had fluctiōn-em, f. fluct- archaic variant of flux-: thence the spelling confluction.] The action of flowing together.
1599. B. Jonson, Ev. Man out of Hum., Induct. It doth draw all his affects … In their confluctions, all to runne one way.
1610. Barrough, Meth. Physick, V. xvii. That the confluxion of the humour unto the affected part be stopped.
