prōflŭvĭum, ii, n. [profluo],
I In gen., a flowing forth , a flowing , flow (poet. and in post-Aug. prose): sanguinis, Lucr. 6, 1205: sanguinis per nares, Col. 6, 33, 2: narium, Plin. 32, 10, 42, § 124: urinae, id. 28, 6, 17, § 61.—
II In partic.
A Looseness , flux , diarrhoea : si corpus astrictum est, digerendum esse; si profluvio laborat, continendum, Cels. praef.—
B Monthly flux , menses , Plin. 7, 15, 13, § 64.—
C Genitale, flow , Plin. 7, 14, 12, § 61; also: geniturae, id. 22, 22, 40, § 83.