effluvium

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) A gaseous or vaporous emission, especially a foul-smelling one.
2. (countable, uncountable) A condition causing the shedding of hair.

Synonyms

smog

fumes

fume

defluxion

discharge

displacer

ejection

emanation

emission

ether

exhalation

mephitis

shedding

smell

👃

spill

foul odor

cacosmia

kakosmia

outflowing

hair loss

atrichia

alopecia

pelade

baldness

calvities

Translations

effluvio

efluvio

efluvi

exhalaison

smog

hedor

tufo

tuf

effluvium

ferum

exhalació

damp

uitwaseming

Dunst

Ausdünstung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɪˈfluːvi.əm/

Etymology

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