Usually means: Return of stomach contents upward.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word reflux:

General (21 matching dictionaries)
  1. reflux: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. reflux: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. reflux: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. reflux: Collins English Dictionary
  5. reflux: Vocabulary.com
  6. Reflux, reflux: Wordnik
  7. reflux: Wiktionary
  8. reflux: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. reflux: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. reflux: Dictionary.com
  11. reflux (n.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  12. Reflux (disambiguation), Reflux: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. Reflux: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  14. reflux: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. reflux: Rhymezone
  16. Reflux: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. reflux: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  18. reflux: Free Dictionary
  19. reflux: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  20. reflux: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. reflux: Dictionary/thesaurus

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  1. reflux: Encyclopedia

Medicine (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Reflux: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  3. Reflux: Merck Manuals
  4. Digestive Diseases Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Hepatitis C Information Central (No longer online)
  7. reflux: Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  8. A-Z Family health glossary (No longer online)
  9. reflux: Medical dictionary
  10. Reflux: Drug Medical Dictionary
  11. Hyperdictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See refluxing as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (reflux)

noun:  The backwards flow of any fluid.
noun:  (chemistry) A technique, using a reflux condenser, allowing one to boil the contents of a vessel over an extended period.
noun:  (pathology) The leaking of stomach acid up into the oesophagus.
verb:  To flow back or return.
verb:  To boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser.

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