·noun A small steam which flows into a large one.
II. Confluent ·noun The place of meeting of steams, currents, ·etc.
III. Confluent ·adj Running together or uniting, as pimples or pustules.
IV. Confluent ·adj Flowing together; meeting in their course; running one into another.
V. Confluent ·adj Blended into one; growing together, so as to obliterate all distinction.
VI. Confluent ·adj Characterized by having the pustules, ·etc., run together or unite, so as to cover the surface; as, confluent smallpox.