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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

Scott-Wright suggested placing him to sleep on his front, says Emily, and that she should medicate her son for reflux - despite Scott-Wright not seeing the baby during the consultation.

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

By his final year on the job, his doctor told him he was dealing with prediabetes, fatty liver disease, metabolic syndrome, sleep apnea, acid reflux, and obesity.

From Salon Feb. 18, 2026

Another:—How now, impatient one! couldn’t you have waited till your friend’s reflux was done with, instead of rolling yourself up with it in that unseemly manner?

From The Stones of Venice, Volume I (of 3) by Ruskin, John

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 Glover, T. R.

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 Howe, Julia Ward

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 Wordsworth, William

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 Glover, T. R. (Terrot Reaveley)




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