n. 1. A flowing back; ebb. 2. Medicine Backflow, as of gastric acid into the esophagus. 3. Chemistry The process of refluxing. v. re·fluxed, re·flux·ing, re·flux·es Chemistry v.tr. To boil (a liquid) in a vessel attached to a condenser so that the vapors continuously condense for reboiling. v.intr. To be boiled in such a way. [Medieval Latin reflūxus : Latin re-, re- + Latin flūxus, flow, from past participle of fluere, to flow; see bhleu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.] |
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