Meanings
alternative gastro-esophageal reflux · alternative gastro-œsophageal reflux · alternative gastro-oesophageal reflux · alternative gastrooesophageal reflux · alternative gastroœsophageal reflux
- abbreviationbroadlyellipsisuncountableEllipsis of gastroesophageal reflux disease (“chronic symptoms or mucosal damage produced by the abnormal reflux in the esophagus”).
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe reflux of gastric juices into the esophagus.
nounSynonym of heartburn: pain from influx of gastric juices into the esophagus.
More synonyms by meaning
nounreflux of stomach contents into the esophagus
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 胃食管反流
- 胃食管反流 (wèishíguǎn fǎnliú)pathology: chronic medical condition
Czech gastroezofageální reflux, jícnový reflux
- gastroezofageální refluxpathology: chronic medical condition
- jícnový refluxpathology: chronic medical condition
Finnish refluksi, refluksitauti
- refluksireflux of gastric juices into the esophagus
- refluksitautipathology: chronic medical condition
French reflux
- refluxpathology: chronic medical condition
Icelandic vélindabakflæði
- vélindabakflæðipathology: chronic medical condition
Polish refluks, refluks
- refluksreflux of gastric juices into the esophagus
- reflukspathology: chronic medical condition
Spanish reflujo, reflujo gastroesofágico
- reflujopathology: chronic medical condition
- reflujo gastroesofágicopathology: chronic medical condition
Cite this entry
gastroesophageal reflux. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastroesophageal%20reflux
“gastroesophageal reflux.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastroesophageal%20reflux. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gastroesophageal reflux,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gastroesophageal%20reflux.
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