Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reflux

/ˈɹiː.flʌks/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.99 in modern English

Syllables: re-flux
IPA: /ˈɹiː.flʌks/

16

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The backwards flow of any fluid.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

To flow back or return.

verb

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

Example Sentences

"[…] 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 […]"
"the refluxing tide"

Usage

Inflected Forms

refluxes (plural) refluxes (present, singular) refluxing (participle, present) refluxed (participle, past) refluxed (past)

Derived Forms

antireflux nonreflux refluxate refluxer refluxogenic refluxy

Phrases

acid reflux gastric reflux gastric reflux disease gastroesophageal reflux hepatojugular reflux reflux condenser reflux esophagitis yo-yo reflux

Frequently Paired Words

retrograde

Synonyms

backflow backflux ebb

Questions

How do you pronounce reflux?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹiː.flʌks/.
What does reflux mean?: The backwards flow of any fluid.

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