English

Noun

reflux ‎(plural refluxes)

1. the backwards flow of any fluid
   • 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     ...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...

2. (chemistry) a technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period
3. (pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus

Derived terms

Translations

Verb

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

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

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.fly/

Noun

reflux m ‎(uncountable)

1. ebb, ebb tide
2. vicissitude
3. reflux