deflux means downward flow.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, deflux ranks #1,028 of 20,702 for Qualifying.
Etymology
From Latin defluxus, from defluere, defluxum.
noun
- downward flow“The cause is a temperate conglutination ; for both bodies are clammy and viscous , and do bridle the deflux of humours to the hurts , without penning them in too much”