white flux

noun

leukorrhea

Meanings

nounwhite flux (uncountable)
  1. obsoleteuncountableleukorrhea

    The seed wasteth and consumeth winde, and is good against belchings and upbraidings of the stomach, alaieth gripings of the belly, provoketh urine gently, maketh abundance of milke, and stirreth up bodily lust: it staieth the laske, and also the white flux in women

    1597, John Gerarde [i.e., John Gerard], “Of Anise”, in The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. […], London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant, for Bonham and Iohn Norton, →OCLC, book II, page 880
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