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con·flu·ent (-ənt)
adjective
- flowing or running together so as to form one confluent streams
- Med. running together so as to form a merged mass, as sores, pimples, etc.
Etymology: ME & L confluens: see confluence
noun
a stream uniting with another; loosely, a tributary
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