REFLUX

ebb, reflux

(noun) the outward flow of the tide

reflux

(noun) an abnormal backward flow of body fluids

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Noun

reflux (countable and uncountable, plural refluxes)

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

reflux (third-person singular simple present refluxes, present participle refluxing, simple past and past participle refluxed)

To flow back or return.

To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser

Source: Wiktionary

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Re"flux` (r"flks`), a.

Definition: Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.

Re"flux`, n. Etym: [F. reflux. See Refluent, Flux.]

Definition: A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides. All from me Shall with a fierce reflux on me redound. Milton.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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