Crew members and fellow travelers often come from countries where these diseases are more common than in the United States and where vaccination is not routine. Consequently, outbreaks of chickenpox and rubella (German measles) have been reported on cruise ships.
conâ¢fluâ¢ent. 1. flowing or running together; blending into one: confluent rivers; confluent ideas. 2. characterized by confluent efflorescences: confluent smallpox.3. a confluent stream. 4. a tributary stream. confluent-, s. of confluÄns, present participle of confluere to flow together].onâ¢fluâ¢ent. 1. flowing or running together; blending into one: confluent rivers; confluent ideas. 2. characterized by confluent efflorescences: confluent smallpox.
contort. to twist or wrench out of its usual form into one that is grotesque; distort violently: a face contorted with pain. ; from Classical Latin contortus, past participle of contorquere, to whirl, twist; from com- , together + torquere, to twist: see tort.Origin of contort.hen you taste something very sour and you twist your face up in an odd expression to show your displeasure, this is an example of a time when you contort your face.