"fluctuant" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more fluctuant [comparative], most fluctuant [superlative]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin fluctuans, fluctuantem. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:fluctuans<alt:fluctuans, fluctuantem>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "fluctuans, fluctuantem", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "fluctuans", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "fluctuant", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="fluctuant"> Borrowed from Latin fluctuans, fluctuantem. Head templates: {{en-adj}} fluctuant (comparative more fluctuant, superlative most fluctuant)
  1. That fluctuates or causes fluctuation.
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  2. (medicine) Used to describe a fluid-filled structure, such as an abscess, that produces a wave-like motion when palpated.
    Sense id: en-fluctuant-en-adj-xJQk8Ou6 Categories (other): Medicine, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 5 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 47 53 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 46 54 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 41 47 12 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 5 entries: 46 44 10 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 43 6 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 45 45 10 0 Topics: medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: fluctuance, nonfluctuant Related terms: fluctuate
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