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reflux

Pronunciation: /ʁə.fly/

“reflux” is a French word. Its 3 meanings in English:

noun

  1. ebb, ebb tide
  2. vicissitude
  3. reflux

In French

  1. Mouvement réglé de la mer qui se retire du rivage après le flux.
  2. Vicissitude, changement alternatif des choses humaines.
  3. Réjection du bol alimentaire, chez le nourrisson, chez l’adulte.
  4. Mode de solubilisation avec une faible quantité de liquide qui, par condensation, dissout des substances à son contact.

Etymology

From re- + flux.

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