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flujo

flow

noun FLOO-hoh Rare
Body & Health Body Parts

Origin: From Latin fluxus, from fluere ('to flow').

Also means

flux

Usage Note

Flujo covers physical flow (water, blood: flujo sanguíneo) and abstract flow (information, money: flujo de caja = 'cash flow'). In finance, flujo de caja or flujo de efectivo are the standard terms for 'cash flow'. The compound flujo de trabajo is used in tech contexts for 'workflow'. Its antonym in physics or metaphor is reflujo ('ebb, reflux').

Examples

"El médico midió el flujo sanguíneo del paciente."

Natural Translation

The doctor measured the patient's blood flow.

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