INCURRENT


Meaning of INCURRENT in English

■ adjective chiefly Zoology (of a vessel or opening) conveying fluid inwards. The opposite of excurrent .

Origin

C16 (in the sense 'falling within (a period)'): from L. ~- , incurrere (see incur ).

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