reflux Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an abnormal backward flow of body fluids
  2. noun the outward flow of the tide
    ebb.

WordNet

Re"flux` adjective
Definitions
  1. Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.
Re"flux` noun
Etymology
F. reflux. See Refluent, Flux.
Definitions
  1. A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as, the flux and reflux of the tides.
    All from me Shall with a fierce reflux on me redound. Milton.

Webster 1913