reflux

Other forms of reflux

plural

refluxes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about reflux

What does reflux mean?

reflux means "an abnormal backward flow of body fluids". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in reflux?

reflux has 2 syllables: re-flux. The stress falls on "re". In IPA it is /ˈɹiˌflʌks/.

What is another word for reflux?

Close synonyms include ebb. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reflux a common word?

reflux is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with reflux?

2 words rhyme with reflux. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.