Reflux

Someone just thought me a new word and solved a mystery at the same time. To me (two parts deaf, one part hairless, three part Jack Daniels) the words reflux and reflex sound the same, especially since I didn’t know that reflux existed.

Reflux, obviously has to do with the word flux that we know from phrases such as “a state of flux,” and it means flow. A reflux is a back-flowing.

Here’s where I learned it:

http://www.healthmad.com/Conditions-and-Diseases/Heartburn-Acid-Reflux-and-GERD.141991