refluxed; refluxing; refluxes
: to cause to flow back or return
especially
: to heat such that the vapors formed condense and return to be heated again
: to flow back
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Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
And no, this is not a case where more is better: Taking greater than 6 g (6,000 mg) of ginger in a day can actually cause GI distress, including reflux, heartburn, and diarrhea.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 31 Dec. 2019
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Noun
This bloating is often painful and is usually accompanied by chronic constipation and/or diarrhea, gas, belching, and sometimes weight changes, nausea and reflux.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024
And no, this is not a case where more is better: Taking greater than 6 g (6,000 mg) of ginger in a day can actually cause GI distress, including reflux, heartburn, and diarrhea.
—Caroline Tien, SELF, 21 Oct. 2024
Verb
On recalling Zantac What to do for the fizzle and roil
When refluxing guts sour and spoil?
—Meghana Keshavan, STAT, 31 Dec. 2019
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“Reflux.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reflux. Accessed 28 Nov. 2024.
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reflux
1 of 3 noun
re·flux
ˈrē-ˌfləks 
1
a
: a flowing back : regurgitation
reflux of gastric acid
mitral valve reflux
reflux
2 of 3 adjective
: of, relating to, involving, or caused by reflux
reflux esophagitis
reflux
3 of 3 transitive verb
: to cause to flow back or return
especially
: to heat (as under a reflux condenser) so that the vapors formed condense to a liquid that flows back to be heated again
: to flow back
damage to the esophageal mucous membrane when gastric acid refluxed into the esophagus
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