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refluxes

refluxes is the plural of reflux.

Meaning of reflux

Noun

reflux (countable and uncountable, plural refluxes)

  1. 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
    Synonyms:
    backflow, backflux
  2. A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
  3. The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.

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Phrases with refluxes

Questions about refluxes

What is refluxes the plural of?
Refluxes is the plural of reflux.

Words near refluxes in the dictionary

  1. refluxate
  2. refluxates
  3. refluxed
  4. refluxer
  5. refluxers
  6. refluxes
  7. refluxing
  8. refluxings
  9. refluxogenic
  10. refluxy
  11. refly

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