reflux
IPA: rifɫʌks
noun
- The backwards flow of any fluid.
- (chemistry) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
- (pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.
verb
- To flow back or return.
- To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser
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Examples of "reflux" in Sentences
- The over-prescribing "owes a lot to advertising, specifically to use of the term 'acid reflux,'" Hassall wrote.
- One of its causes is acid reflux, which is when stomach acid flows up through the lower esophageal sphincter and irritates the esophagus.
- Turns out he had SEVERE reflux, which is probably why he stopped screaming as soon as he was pciked up and started again when he was put down … ugh!
- Turns out he had SEVERE reflux, which is probably why he stopped screaming as soon as he was pciked up and started again when he was put down...ugh!
- One of the causes of heartburn is acid reflux, which is when stomach acid flows up through the lower esophageal sphincter and irritates the esophagus.
- Medical reasons like what's known as reflux or difficulty with heartburn at night to restless leg syndrome, where your legs feel creepy crawly and can't get still.
- Observation research has shown that the elimination of H. pylori actually increases the risk of gastric reflux, which is itself associated with asthma as well as esophageal diseases.
- These can include issues such as gastroesophageal reflux, which is a back flow of acidic acid of the stomach into the child's esophagus, and celiac disease, which causes the child to be allergic to gluten.
- There was now in one place, now in another, a strong _undertow_, as they called it -- a reflux, that is, of the inflowing waters, which was quite sufficient to carry those who could not swim out into the great deep, and rendered much exertion necessary, even in those who could, to regain the shore.
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