[as if ad. L. *efflātiōn-em, noun of action f. efflā-re: see prec.]
1. Blowing out, strong expulsion of breath.
1578. Banister, Hist. Man, I. 19. Efflation, which is the immediate matter of voyce, is the action of the same Arterie.
1661. Lovell, Hist. Anim. & Min., 359. The cough … is a vehement, frequent, & sounding efflation of much breath.
1772. in Scott, Bailey’s Dict. (Ash).
2. concr. That which is blown or breathed forth; an emanation.
1862. F. Hall, Hindu Philos. Syst., 65. The Ṛig-veda, is the efflation of that great being.
