reflux
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Weight-loss surgery and some medicines used for diabetes or acid reflux can also reduce absorption.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 25, 2026
Go to your doctor and explain your symptoms and don't be put off by acid reflux or anything like that.
From BBC ● May 19, 2026
Her dad said afterward that acid reflux had made her vocal cords swell, necessitating the last-minute switch from live to Memorex.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2026
Between 40 and 70 percent of patients on these drugs report gastrointestinal adverse effects, like acid reflux, chronic diarrhea, and/or constipation.
From Slate ● Mar. 22, 2026
Our observation shows that there is a flow of about seven years, and a reflux, which is accomplished in the same period.
From The Falls of Niagara and Other Famous Cataracts by George W. Holley
Food and acid from the stomach backs up, or refluxes, into the esophagus.
From US News ● Jun. 11, 2014
They are with him in the play of feelings, with him in the fluxes and refluxes of his thought—learning his ways of mind without realizing it.
From The Jesus of History by T. R. Glover
But speaking in less general language, it is to follow the fluxes and refluxes of the mind when agitated by the great and simple affections of our nature.
From Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1 by William Wordsworth
The refluxes of the heart are as inevitable as those of the sea; the lights of the heart are as fixed as those of the night.
From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Victor Hugo
The incident throws light upon the "fluxes and refluxes of feeling" within him, and the effect upon him of a spirit with something of his own tenderness and humour.
From The Conflict of Religions in the Early Roman Empire by T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover
