Reflux
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹiː.flʌks/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Reflux is a noun meaning The backwards flow of any fluid.
Meaning
The backwards flow of any fluid.
More Meanings
- (chemistry) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
- (pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.
- To flow back or return.
- To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser.
Example Sentences
the refluxing tide
[…] after a little way out to sea, there was a current and wind, always one way in the morning, the other in the afternoon. This I understood to be no more than the sets of the tide, as going out or coming in; but I afterwards understood it was occasioned by the great draft and reflux of the mighty river Orinoco […]
Word Forms
- refluxes
- refluxing
- refluxed
Synonyms for reflux
Depending on context, synonyms include backflow, backflux, ebb.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ebb, surge, decline, acid, oesophagitis, esophagitis.
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