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reflux

[ree-fluhks] / ˈriˌflʌks /


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

From Los Angeles Times ● May 27, 2026

Emily, who paid more than £500 for a video consultation, says she was told by Scott-Wright that her son was suffering from severe reflux and in constant pain.

From BBC ● May 5, 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

Vocal cord injuries are particularly common among older adults, especially those who experience acid reflux or smoke.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 2, 2026

Having, however, our comfortable chairs, and being out of the murderous direct reverberation of the organ, we sat and saw as outsiders the flux and reflux of life which passed through the church.

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

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

From US News ● Jun. 11, 2014

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

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

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

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




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