"reflux" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹiː.flʌks/ Forms: refluxes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} reflux (countable and uncountable, plural refluxes)
  1. The backwards flow of any fluid. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (backwards flow of any fluid): отлив (otliv) [masculine] (Bulgarian), оттегляне (ottegljane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 回流 (huíliú) (Chinese Mandarin), takaisinvirtaus (Finnish), reflux [masculine] (French), Rückfluss [masculine] (German), Reflux [masculine] (German), bakflæði [neuter] (Icelandic), reflujo [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-reflux-en-noun-sSv8P~y9 Disambiguation of 'backwards flow of any fluid': 95 3 2
  2. (chemistry) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry Translations (technique using a reflux condenser): reflux [masculine] (French), Rückfluss [masculine] (German), aife [feminine] (Irish), 환류 (hwallyu) (Korean)
    Sense id: en-reflux-en-noun-RWOMzVzQ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 38 25 1 28 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Disambiguation of 'technique using a reflux condenser': 3 85 12
  3. (pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Pathology
    Sense id: en-reflux-en-noun-sPkKvsvG Topics: medicine, pathology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acid reflux, gastric reflux, gastroesophageal reflux, hepatojugular reflux, nonreflux, refluxate, reflux condenser, yo-yo reflux

Verb

IPA: /ˈɹiː.flʌks/ Forms: refluxes [present, singular, third-person], refluxing [participle, present], refluxed [participle, past], refluxed [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} reflux (third-person singular simple present refluxes, present participle refluxing, simple past and past participle refluxed)
  1. To flow back or return.
    Sense id: en-reflux-en-verb-7lRwg6WY
  2. To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser
    Sense id: en-reflux-en-verb-dIiwAY-a

Inflected forms

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