reflux en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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- /ˈɹiː.flʌks/
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) 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 river Orinoco […]
1719 May 6 (Gregorian calendar), [Daniel Defoe], The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, […], London: […] W[illiam] Taylor […], →OCLC:
- (countable, uncountable) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
- (countable, uncountable) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| refluxes | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
refluxy · refluxate · gastric reflux · refluxer · reflux esophagitis · hepatojugular reflux · yo-yo reflux · gastroesophageal reflux · reflux condenser · antireflux · gastric reflux disease · nonreflux · refluxogenic · acid reflux
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Translations (16)
bg оттегляне (backwards flow of any fluid) · cmn 回流 (backwards flow of any fluid) · fr reflux (technique using a reflux condenser) · de Rückfluss (backwards flow of any fluid) · ko 환류 (technique using a reflux condenser) · fi takaisinvirtaus (backwards flow of any fluid) · pl odpływ (backwards flow of any fluid) · de Rückfluss (technique using a reflux condenser) · fr reflux (backwards flow of any fluid) · de Reflux (backwards flow of any fluid) · pl wykroplina (technique using a reflux condenser) · es reflujo (backwards flow of any fluid) · bg отлив (backwards flow of any fluid) · id refluks (backwards flow of any fluid) · ga aife (technique using a reflux condenser) · is bakflæði (backwards flow of any fluid)