reflux
/ˈɹiː.flʌks/
reflux noun: the backwards flow of any fluid.
Noun
reflux (countable and uncountable, plural refluxes)
- The backwards flow of any fluid.
- […] 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...1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC
- A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
- The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.
Verb
reflux (third-person singular simple present refluxes, present participle refluxing, simple past and past participle refluxed)
- To flow back or return.
- the refluxing tide
- To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser.
reflux meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
reflux in Hindi
- रिफ्लक्स, रिफ़्लक्स, रीफ्लक्स
reflux in Tamil
- பின்னோட்டம், பின்னொழுக்கு, எதிரோட்டம், எதிரொழுக்கு
reflux in Marathi
- रिफ्लक्स, रीफ्लक्स, रिफ्लक्स करण्यासाठी
reflux in Urdu
- ریفلوکس
More languagesFewer languages
- reflux in Bengali
- যেকোনো তরলের পশ্চাৎমুখী প্রবাহ, পশ্চাৎপ্রবাহ
- reflux in Telugu
- రిఫ్లక్స్, రీఫ్లక్స్, రిఫ్లక్స్ చేయడానికి
- reflux in Malayalam
- നീർവാറ്റ്, വേലിയിറക്കം, പ്രത്യാഘാതം, പിന്നോട്ടുള്ള പ്രവാഹം
- reflux in Kannada
- ರಿಫ್ಲಕ್ಸ್, ರೀಫ್ಲಕ್ಸ್, ರಿಫ್ಲಕ್ಸ್ ಮಾಡಲು
- reflux in Punjabi
- ਰਿਫਲਕਸ
- reflux in Gujarati
- રિફ્લક્સ, રીફ્લક્સ
- reflux in Odia
- ରିଫ୍ଲକ୍ସ, ରିଫ୍ଲାକ୍ସ, ରିଫ୍ଲକ୍ସ୍
- reflux in Nepali
- रिफ्लक्स, रिफ्लुक्स, रिफ्लक्स गर्न
- reflux in Indonesian
- refluks
Examples of reflux in a sentence
- There was no vesicoureteral reflux on voiding cystourethrography ( Figure 2(a) ).
- Long-term ambulatory pH-metry is of clinical value in detecting pathologic reflux in symptomatic patients with negative endoscopy.
- Hypersalivation with heartburn, commonly referred to as waterbrash, may be a protective response to gastroesophageal reflux.
Synonyms of reflux
Forms of reflux
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | refluxes |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | refluxes |
| present participle | refluxing |
| past participle | refluxed |
| past | refluxed |
Words formed from reflux
Phrases with reflux
Questions about reflux
- What does reflux mean?
- Reflux means the backwards flow of any fluid.
- What is reflux in Hindi?
- Reflux in Hindi is रिफ्लक्स, रिफ़्लक्स, रीफ्लक्स. See Reflux meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is reflux?
- Reflux can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce reflux?
- Reflux is pronounced /ˈɹiː.flʌks/.
- What is the plural of reflux?
- The plural of reflux is refluxes.
Words near reflux in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: reflux (page history and authors); reflux (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reflux (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reflux (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reflux (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reflux (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reflux (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reflux (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); reflux (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reflux (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reflux (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reflux (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); reflux (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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