1. Joining; running together; denoting certain skin lesions which become merged, forming a patch; denoting a disease characterized by lesions which are not discrete, or distinct one from the other. 2. Denoting a bone formed by the blending together of two originally distinct bones. [L. con-fluo, to flow together]
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con·flu·ent 'kän-.flü-ənt, kən-' adj
1) flowing or coming together also run together <\confluent pustules>
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con·flu·ent (konґfloo-ənt) [L. confluens running together] becoming merged; not discrete.Medical dictionary. 2011.