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profluvium

 
 

The bloud..swels and opens the vessels, and breaks out into a Profluvium.
— Philosophical transactions · 1665–1752 (vols. 1–46)

profluvium, n. Now rare. A copious flow or discharge, esp. of bodily fluids. Also figurative.