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efflux
noun
[ ˈɛflʌks ]
• the flowing out of a substance or particle.
• "the same active efflux of sodium from the cytoplasm to the external medium"
Origin:
mid 16th century: from medieval Latin effluxus, from effluere ‘flow out’.