My girlfriend suffers from acid reflux.
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Reflux
/ˈɹiː.flʌks/
Synonyms for "reflux" (148 found)
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Noun(7 words)
recessionrecidivationrecidivismreentryreflectionreflexreflex actionreflowingrefluenceregressregressionregurgitationrelapsereplyrespondenceresponseretroactionretrocessionretroflexionretrogradation
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retrogressionretrusionreturnreverberationrevulsionripriptideriserisingrollbackrunrushsetsetbacksideward motionsinkingsoaringsolar tidespring tidesternwaystreamsubsidingswirlthalassometerthrowbacktidal amplitudetidal currenttidal current charttidal flowtidal rangetidetide charttide gatetide gaugetide racetide riptidewatertidewaytrajecttrajettrendtwirlunthinking responseupward motionvortexwhirlwhirlpool
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10 entriesbile refluxgastric refluxgastroesophageal reflux diseaselaryngeal refluxreflux apparatusreflux boilingreflux condenserreflux setupsolvent refluxvesicoureteral reflux
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10 entriesacid refluxgastroesophageal refluxreflux apparatusreflux condenserreflux conditionsreflux mixturereflux ratereflux ratioreflux solventreflux temperature
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5 total sentences available.
An acid reflux rose up in my throat.
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I have acid reflux.
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[…] after a little way out to sea, there was a current and wind, always one way in the morning, the other in the afternoon. This I understood to be no more than the sets of the tide, as going out or coming in; but I afterwards understood it was occasioned by the great draft and reflux of the mighty river Orinoco […]
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