Obs. [mod.L. a Gr. ἀπόρροια, f. ἀπορρέ-ειν to flow off.] An emanation, effluvium.
1646. Sir T. Browne, Pseud. Ep., 86. Amulets doe worke by Aporrhoias, or emanations from their bodies.
1681. Glanvill, Saducismus, 23. Subtile streams and aporrhœa’s of minute particles, which pass from one body to another.
1721. in Bailey.
1880. in Syd. Soc. Lex.
