1. An abnormal backward flow of body fluids
   "The patient suffered from acid reflux after eating spicy foods"
    
2. The outward flow of the tide
   "Beachcombers waited for the reflux to search for seashells";
   - ebb
    
3. (chemistry) a process or apparatus where vapour from heated liquid continuously condenses and returns to the heating vessel
   "The chemist set up the reflux apparatus"

1. Boil a liquid in a vessel having a reflux condenser
   "The chemist refluxed the solution for an hour"

Derived forms: refluxing, refluxed, refluxes

Type of: flow, flowing, pathology

Part of: ebbtide

Encyclopedia: Reflux