refluxy
9.1
A burning, uncomfortable feeling in the chest and throat after eating
- adjective
- /ˈriːflʌksi/
- Informal
:
con sensación de reflujo
- Some people feel refluxy at night if they eat too close to bedtime.
Examples
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If you feel refluxy, try drinking a glass of water to ease the sensation.
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After that big, greasy meal, I started to feel refluxy and uncomfortable.
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I feel refluxy.
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Don't eat that if you feel refluxy!
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After that big, greasy meal, I started to feel refluxy and uncomfortable.
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If you feel refluxy, try drinking a glass of water to ease the sensation.
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Some people feel refluxy at night if they eat too close to bedtime.
How Uncomfortable
Surface Forms
refluxy positive
Morphology
Etymology
Refluxy comes from the parts re- ('back') and flux ('flow'), like the simple word 'flow'. It describes the burning, uncomfortable feeling when stomach acid 'flows back' into your chest, which is why we call that feeling refluxy.