[L. ēluvies a washing away of impurities, f. ēluĕ-re to wash off.]
a. Old term for the humour discharged in leucorrhœa; an inordinate discharge of any kind (Syd. Soc. Lex.). b. The effluvium from a swampy place (Hooper, Med. Dict.).
1710. T. Fuller, Pharm. Extemp., 316. This Medicament extirpates the Eluvies of depraved Humours out of the whole Body.