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reflux

[ree-fluhks] / ˈriˌflʌks /


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In the UK, all pregnant women can access free NHS dental treatment - hormonal changes as well as things like morning sickness and acid reflux increase the risk of damage to teeth.

From BBC Jun. 11, 2026

But then my AFib kicked in and acid reflux kicked in and pneumonia kicked in.

From Los Angeles Times May 27, 2026

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

The constant disintegration and renovation of tissues correspond with the constant flux and reflux of sensations, emotions, thoughts.

From Historia Amoris: A History of Love, Ancient and Modern by Edgar Saltus

Food and acid from the stomach backs up, or refluxes, into the esophagus.

From US News Jun. 11, 2014

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 T. R. (Terrot Reaveley) Glover

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 T. R. Glover

The human river of the Strand fluxes and refluxes before this central spot, and Trafalgar Square, and Waterloo Place, and Westminster Abbey, and the Houses of Parliament are near.

From From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey by Julia Ward Howe

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 William Wordsworth




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