1 Chemistry the process of boiling a liquid so that any vapour is liquefied and returned to the stock:the mixture was heated at reflux under nitrogen
2 technical the flowing back of a liquid, especially that of a fluid in the body:lying down tends to promote acid reflux [as modifier]:patients with reflux oesophagitis
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1 [no object] Chemistry boil or cause to boil in circumstances such that the vapour returns to the stock of liquid after condensing: [no object]:the liquid is allowed to reflux until the thermometer records the lowest temperature possible [with object]:the solutions were refluxed for 9-12 hours
2 [no object, with adverbial of direction] technical (of a liquid, especially a bodily fluid) flow back:acidic secretions of the stomach can reflux back upwards
