efflux

Examples

• All

• One new strategy is to block the efflux systems in bacteria, which pump out antibiotics.

  Academic text (2000)

• Loss of membrane and sarcolemmal integrity precipitates abnormal influx and efflux of ions that disrupt cellular function (Saad, 2005).

  Academic text (2005)

• Evidence suggests that during ischaemia, potassium efflux through the K+-ATP channel plays a major role in the development of cardioprotection.

  Academic text (1995)

• Tetracycline resistance most commonly occurs when the bacteria are able to increase antibiotic efflux, transporting the antibiotic from the interior to the exterior of the cell.

  Academic text (2000)

• Field and laboratory measurements of CO2 efflux are indicative of low but detectable rates of respiration in dry valley soils (Burkins 1998).

  Academic text (1999)

• The multiplicity of resistance genes, low inoculum size, variations in permeability to antibacterial drugs, and the activity of efflux pumps are factors influencing antibacterial drug sensitivity.

  Academic text (2014)

• Glibenclamide, a specific blocker of the K+-ATP channel that decreases ischaemia-induced potassium efflux, has been shown to interfere with this cardioprotective mechanism and to increase infarct size in animals.

  Academic text (1995)

• Under these conditions, the animal cannot regulate its intracellular ammonium levels, and the uptake rate of ammonium by the zooxanthellae increases relative to the efflux of organic nitrogen, leading to an increase in the biomass of zooxanthellae.

  Academic text (1993)

• The efflux of water from the dam increased significantly after the heavy rain.

• There was a noticeable efflux of air when the window was left open.

Synonyms

D

drainage

vsefflux

43 3.5

Removing liquid so it flows away from a place or object

focuses on the process of flowing out rather than deliberate removal

O

outflow

vsefflux

• Specialized

13 4.6

Movement of water, gas or money out of a place

is the broader idea of outward movement rather than specific transfer

E

effusion

vsefflux

• Specialized

7 8.5

A flow of liquid or gas out through a small opening

means flowing out generally, not requiring pressure or a small opening

E

extrusion

vsefflux

• Specialized

1 8.1

Forcing something out by pressing it

describes outward movement generally, not always by force

E

effluence

vsefflux

1 9.3

The flow of liquid waste out of a place like a factory

is the same concept expressed with a different form

O

outflux

vsefflux

7.5

A movement of people, money, or goods away from a place

emphasizes the general process rather than the single flow event

E

exudation

vsefflux

• Specialized

9.6

Slow leaking of liquid from wounds or blood vessels

is the general outward flow, not limited to biological slow discharges

O

oozing

vsefflux

4.5

A slow steady flow of liquid from a small opening

refers to outward movement broadly, not only slow seepage

E

exfiltration

vsefflux

• Specialized

8.4

The leaking of water from a pipe or drain into the soil

is the broad outward flow, not the specific leakage into soil

Antonyms

I

influx

59 4.1

A large number of people or things arriving at a place

I

intake

• Specialized

7 3.5

The act of breathing air into the lungs

How Fast

surge

143 4.2

flow

188 1.0

efflux

• Specialized

1 9.9

to trickle

70 3.4

seepage

7 5.7

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology