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reflux

[ree-fluhks] / ˈriˌflʌks /


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For humans, the abundant minerals and anti-inflammatory properties of certain seaweeds have seen their extracts used in medicines from treating acid reflux to wound dressings.

From BBC Jul. 31, 2026

Weight-loss surgery and some medicines used for diabetes or acid reflux can also reduce absorption.

From Science Daily Jun. 25, 2026

But then my AFib kicked in and acid reflux kicked in and pneumonia kicked in.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 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

The war again raged, blow and counterblow, flux and reflux; the armies pressed on; now one saw from Thurm the hosts of the enemy, now the approach of friends.

From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Gustav Freytag

Food and acid from the stomach backs up, or refluxes, into the esophagus.

From US News Jun. 11, 2014

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 human river of the Strand fluxes and refluxes before this central spot, and Trafalgar Square, and Waterloo Place, and Westminster Abbey, and the Houses of Parliament are near.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

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




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