INFLUX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does influx mean? 

• INFLUX (noun)
  The noun INFLUX has 1 sense:

1. the process of flowing in

  Familiarity information: INFLUX used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INFLUX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The process of flowing in

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

inflow; influx

Hypernyms ("influx" is a kind of...):

flow (any uninterrupted stream or discharge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "influx"):

inpour; inpouring; inrush (an inflow)

Antonym:

efflux (the process of flowing out)

 Context examples 

Clevidipine specifically binds to calcium channels in vascular smooth muscle cells, inhibiting the influx of extracellular calcium ions into vascular smooth muscle cells.

(Clevidipine Butyrate Injectable Emulsion, NCI Thesaurus)

At the injection site, mepivacaine hydrochloride acts by binding to specific membrane sodium ion channels in the neuronal cell membranes, thereby inhibiting sodium influx.

(Mepivacaine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Mexiletine's anesthetic activity is due to its ability to block sodium influx in peripheral nerves, thereby reducing the rate and intensity of pain impulses reaching the central nervous system.

(Mexiletine, NCI Thesaurus)

DAG is important for activation of PKC whereas IP3 promote release of calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum and the subsequent influx Ca2+ from the extracellular space.

(BCR Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A class of drugs that act by selective inhibition of calcium influx through cell membranes or on the release and binding of calcium in intracellular pools.

(Calcium Channel Blocker, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

This pathway elevates calcium influx into the cell through CRAC channels, ion channels that are activated by calcium release.

(CCR5 Signaling Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

Carboxyamidotriazole binds to and inhibits non-voltage-operated calcium channels, blocking both Ca2+ influx into cells and Ca2+ release from intracellular stores, resulting in the disruption of calcium channel-mediated signal transduction.

(Carboxyamidotriazole Orotate, NCI Thesaurus)

CAML binds and inactivates the key signaling intermediate calcineurin, downstream of the TCR and upstream of calcineurin, by causing an influx of calcium.

(Calcium Modulating Ligand, NCI Thesaurus)

In retinitis pigmentosa cases, scientists find an influx of microglia near the photoreceptors, which led to the belief that microglia contribute to retina damage.

(Retinal prion disease study redefines role for brain cells, National Institutes of Health)

At the injection site, mepivacaine binds to specific voltage-gated sodium ion channels in neuronal cell membranes, which inhibits both sodium influx and membrane depolarization.

(Mepivacaine, NCI Thesaurus)