refluxed
Condensed and returned
Refluxed is the past tense of reflux, meaning flowed back or returned.
In chemistry, refluxed describes a technique where a liquid is boiled and its vapors are condensed back into the same vessel, allowing prolonged heating without loss: The mixture was refluxed for three hours.
In medicine, it describes stomach contents flowing backward into the esophagus.
Device that liquefies gases
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
- vaporGaseous form of liquid
distillation · flask · heating · mantle · apparatus · synthesis · reagent · extraction
Gastric acid irritation
- acidLow-pH chemical compound
- gastroesophagealOf stomach and esophagus
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
- esophagusFood tube to stomach
GERD · indigestion · stomach · bile · antacid · burning · throat · nausea
Turn to opposite
- upstreamToward a river's origin
- counterflowCurrent opposing another
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
- returnGo back again
siphon · valve · pipe · prevention · sewage · plumbing · drainage · contamination
condenser
Device that liquefies gases
- boilingLiquid vaporization temperature
- reactionResponse to stimulus
- solventDissolving liquid or financially stable
vapor · distillation · flask · heating · mantle · apparatus · synthesis · reagent · extraction · purification
heartburn
Gastric acid irritation
- acidLow-pH chemical compound
- gastroesophagealOf stomach and esophagus
- regurgitationEjecting swallowed material
esophagus · GERD · indigestion · stomach · bile · antacid · burning · throat · nausea · dyspepsia
reverse
Turn to opposite
- upstreamToward a river's origin
- counterflowCurrent opposing another
- backupStored duplicate for recovery
return · siphon · valve · pipe · prevention · sewage · plumbing · drainage · contamination · cross-connection
refluxeddistilled
Purified by vaporization
evaporated · boiled off · vaporized · concentrated · sublimated
- acid refluxStomach contents reversing course
- acid reflux disease
- gastric refluxStomach acid entering esophagus