different between xerosis vs afflux

English

Etymology

xero- +? -osis

Noun

xerosis (countable and uncountable, plural xeroses)

1. (medicine) dryness

See also

• xerotic

English

Etymology

Latin afflu?re, affluxum. See affluent.

Noun

afflux (plural affluxes)

1. An upward rush of fluid.
   • 1874 January 9, "Chemical News from Foreign Sources," Chemical News [1], page 26, of waterspouts:

     The vis viva of these affluxes is employed almost wholly in turning the mass of intermediate gas […]

2. (hydrology) The rise in water level (above normal) on the upstream side of a bridge or obstruction caused when the effective flow area at the obstruction is less than the natural width of the stream immediately upstream of the obstruction.
   • 2004, Transportation Association of Canada, Guide to Bridge Hydraulics [2], ?ISBN, page 66 :

     Backwater due to the crossing as a whole should not be confused with local afflux at piers due to pileup of flow against the hydraulic stagnation point […]

French

Etymology

From Latin afflu?re, affluxum

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.fly/
• Homophones: afflue, afflues, affluent

Noun

afflux m (plural afflux)

1. (physics) influx (inward flow)
2. (medicine) afflux

Further reading

• “afflux” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).