All backflow synonyms

noun backflow

• regression — the act of going back to a previous place or state; return or reversion.
• indigestion — uncomfortable inability or difficulty in digesting food; dyspepsia.
• retreat — the forced or strategic withdrawal of an army or an armed force before an enemy, or the withdrawing of a naval force from action.
• subsidence — to sink to a low or lower level.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• recession — a return of ownership to a former possessor.
• deterioration — the act or process of deteriorating.
• withdrawal — Also, withdrawment. the act or condition of withdrawing.
• dwindling — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
• reflux — a flowing back; ebb.
• pyrosis — heartburn (def 1).
• wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• sweep — to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
• abatement — Abatement means a reduction in the strength or power of something or the reduction of it.
• decrease — When something decreases or when you decrease it, it becomes less in quantity, size, or intensity.
• flagging — becoming smaller or weaker; dwindling.
• decay — When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
• waning — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
• shrinkage — the act or fact of shrinking.
• lessening — to become less.
• slackening — an act of becoming looser
• degeneration — the process of degenerating
• sinking — to displace part of the volume of a supporting substance or object and become totally or partially submerged or enveloped; fall or descend into or below the surface or to the bottom (often followed by in or into): The battleship sank within two hours. His foot sank in the mud. Her head sinks into the pillows.
• depreciation — the reduction in value of a fixed asset due to use, obsolescence, etc
• diminution — the act, fact, or process of diminishing; lessening; reduction.
• low tide — the tide at the point of maximum ebb.
• low water — water at its lowest level, as in a river.
• refluence — flowing back; ebbing, as the waters of a tide.
• retrocession — to cede back: to retrocede a territory.
• acid reflux — the regurgitation of stomach acid into the oesophagus, causing heartburn
• cardialgia — pain in or near the heart
• gastroesophageal reflux — a chronic condition in which acid from the stomach flows back into the lower esophagus, causing pain or tissue damage.