reflux
About 2.46 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The backwards flow of any fluid.
- noun A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
- noun The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.
- verb To flow back or return.
the refluxing tide
- verb To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser.
Similar words
ebb surge decline acid oesophagitis esophagitis gastric stomach gastroesophageal vesicoureteral
Often followed by
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Word family
refluxed refluxes refluxing
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