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refluxy

refluxy adjective: suffering from reflux of the stomach acid.

Adjective

refluxy (comparative more refluxy, superlative most refluxy)

  1. (colloquial) Suffering from reflux of the stomach acid.
    • A dummy can be very helpful for refluxy babies as it encourages them to swallow the acid back down.2016, Marina Fogle, Dr Chiara Hunt, The Bump Class: An Expert Guide to Pregnancy, Birth and Beyond

Forms of refluxy

comparativemore refluxy
superlativemost refluxy

Origin of refluxy

From reflux + -y.

Questions about refluxy

What does refluxy mean?
Refluxy means suffering from reflux of the stomach acid.
What part of speech is refluxy?
Refluxy is an adjective.

Words near refluxy in the dictionary

  1. refluxers
  2. refluxes
  3. refluxing
  4. refluxings
  5. refluxogenic
  6. refluxy
  7. refly
  8. reflying
  9. refocillate
  10. refocillated
  11. refocillates

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