defluvium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

dēflŭvĭum, ii, n. [defluo] (perh. only in Plin.).

I A flowing down, flowing off , Plin. 18, 29, 69, § 281: defluvia fontanea, Sol. 4, 4.—

II A falling off or out : capilli, = alopecia, Plin. 28, 11, 46, § 163; 29, 6, 34, § 108; cf. capitis, id. 11, 39, 94, § 230; 22, 13, 15, § 34.