- A backward flow - Baby’s complaint - Heartburn complaint - Indigestion symptom - Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action. - A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction;
as, the flux and reflux of the tides.
- A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress,
referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardiac
palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.