reflux — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The backwards flow of any fluid.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

   Synonyms

   backflowbackflux

   Broader terms

   flowflux

   Examples

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   […] 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 […]

2. A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

3. The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.

   Usage

   • Countable
   • Uncountable

Verb

1. To flow back or return.

   Synonyms

   backflowbackflux

   Broader terms

   flowflux

   Examples

   the refluxing tide

2. To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser.

Noun

1. an abnormal backward flow of body fluids

   Broader terms

   pathology

2. the outward flow of the tide

   Synonyms

   ebb

   Broader terms

   flowflowing