refluence

ref·lu·ent

(rĕf′lo͞o-ənt)
adj.
Flowing back; ebbing.
[Latin refluēns, refluent-, present participle of refluere, to flow back : re-, re- + fluere, to flow; see fluent.]
ref′lu·ence n.
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