reflux
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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
Vocal cord injuries are particularly common among older adults, especially those who experience acid reflux or smoke.
From Science Daily ● Jan. 2, 2026
Cowell deemed this acid reflux extravaganza to be “small.”
From Salon ● May 31, 2025
Beth said Riley later recovered, but at six months old, tests discovered his left kidney was scarred, his right had reflux and there were also issues with his bladder.
From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024
The war again raged, blow and counterblow, flux and reflux; the armies pressed on; now one saw from Thurm the hosts of the enemy, now the approach of friends.
From Pictures of German Life in the XVIIIth and XIXth Centuries, Vol. II. by Freytag, Gustav
Food and acid from the stomach backs up, or refluxes, into the esophagus.
From US News ● Jun. 11, 2014
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)
The refluxes of the heart are as inevitable as those of the sea; the lights of the heart are as fixed as those of the night.
From The Memoirs of Victor Hugo by Hugo, Victor
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.
