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af·flux (

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A flow to or toward an area, especially of blood or other fluid toward a body part.

afflux

[af′luks]

Etymology: L, affluere, to flow

the sudden flow of blood or another liquid to a part of the body.

afflux (af´luks),

n the rush of blood to a body part.

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congestion			First, a massive afflux of migrants into cities would lead to the overloading of urban infrastructure; second, the rural-urban income disparity would be exacerbated by the increase of inhabitants in large cities (Han and Wong, 1994). Productivity and agglomeration economies in Chinese cities by Xu, Zelai / Comparative Economic Studies En 1832, les deux colonies sur les rives du Saint-Laurent et des Grands Lacs s'appretaient a recevoir leur plus grand afflux potentiel d'immigrants depuis 1825. "Truly alarming": cholera in 1832/<< Vraiment inquietant >> le ... by MacDougall, Heather / Canadian Journal of Public Health In Chastleton, Holmes wrote, "[i]t is a matter of public knowledge that the Government has considerably diminished its demand for employees, that was one of the great causes of the sudden afflux of people to Washington, and that other causes have lost at least much of their power. Holmes on emergencies by Vermeule, Adrian / Stanford Law Review			Affective flattening affective intimacy affective learning affective psychosis Affenpinscher afferent afferent arteriole afferent fiber afferent glomerular arteriole afferent loop syndrome afferent nerve afferent pathway afferent tract afferent vessel afferent-loop syndrome affidavit affiliated hospital affiliation affinity AFFIRM affirmation affirmative action affirmative defense affluent diet Affluenza afflux affricative affusion Afghan hound Afghan melon afibrillar afibrinogenemia Afipia Felis aflatoxicosis Aflatoxin aflatoxins AFMC AFO AFO/CAFO afocal AFP Africa Connection African African American African Black African Bush African Enigma African Green Monkey Kidney Cell African hemorrhagic fever African Holistic Health African lymphoma			affluence affluence affluence affluency affluent affluent affluent affluent affluent Affluent alienation Affluent alienation Affluent alienation Affluent alienation Affluent alienation Affluent alienation Affluent Desktop Currency Trader affluent diet Affluent Market Research Program Affluent society Affluent society Affluent society affluential affluentials affluently affluently Affluentness affluents affluents Affluenza Affluenza afflux affluxes affluxes Affluxion AFFLY AFFM AFFMA AFFMC AFFN AFFNA AFFNR AFFNY AFFO AFFO Affodill Affonso Affonso Affonso de Albuquerque Affonso Eduardo Reidy Affonso I Affonso I AFFOR Afforce Afforce afforced afforced Afforcement Afforcement of the assize afforces afforces Afforciament

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