reflux

Examples

• All

• Reflux.

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• During low tide, the reflux of water can leave behind fascinating rock pools on the shore.

• As the moon influenced the ocean, we watched the reflux of the tide retreating from the beach.

• The fishermen timed their return, knowing the reflux would reveal the best spots to catch fish.

Synonyms

E

ebb

vsreflux

4 6.0

The tide that moves away from the land toward the sea

is the identical meaning expressed by a different term

E

ebbtide

vsreflux

• Specialized

1 9.7

A time when the sea moves away from the shore

is the same movement described as the flow rather than the whole period

Compounds

G

gastroesophageal reflux

• Specialized

1 4.5

Stomach contents flow back into the food pipe causing heartburn

V

vesicoureteral reflux

• Specialized

1 9.1

Urine flows back from the bladder up the tube to the kidney

E

esophageal reflux

• Specialized

4.4

Stomach acid moving back into the tube between throat and stomach causing heartburn

H

hepatojugular reflux

• Specialized

9.1

Pressing the liver makes the neck vein swell with extra blood, a sign of heart failure

R

reflux condenser

• Specialized

7.7

A tube that cools steam and sends it back into the boiling liquid

U

ureterorenal reflux

• Specialized

9.9

A backward flow of urine up the tube into the kidney that causes infection or damage

How Strong

riptide

7 8.2

reflux

• Archaic

7.5

slack water

• Specialized

1 7.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology