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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. an abnormal backward flow of body fluids;

2. the outward flow of the tide;
[syn: ebb, reflux]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reflux \Re"flux`\ (r?"fl?ks`), a.
   Returning, or flowing back; reflex; as, reflux action.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Reflux \Re"flux`\, n. [F. reflux. See Refluent, Flux.]
   A flowing back, as the return of a fluid; ebb; reaction; as,
   the flux and reflux of the tides.
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         All from me
         Shall with a fierce reflux on me redound. --Milton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

reflux
    n 1: an abnormal backward flow of body fluids
    2: the outward flow of the tide [syn: ebb, reflux]