Medical Term:
flow
Pronunciation: flō
Definition:
- To bleed from the uterus less profusely than in flooding.
- The menstrual discharge.
- Movement of a liquid or gas; specifically, the volume of liquid or gas passing a given point per unit of time. In respiratory physiology, the symbol for gas flow is V and for blood flow is Q, followed by subscripts denoting location and chemical species.
- In rheology, a permanent deformation of a body that proceeds with time.
[A.S. flōwan]
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Examples: glitazone, GI cocktail, etc.
