backflow

Definitions of backflow
  1. noun
    a flow that returns toward its source
    synonyms: backflowing
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    types:
    regurgitation
    backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
    type of:
    flow, flowing
    the motion characteristic of fluids (liquids or gases)
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