Backwash
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The word Backwash may refer to:
  • Backwash (geography), the water that rolls back down a beach after a wave has broken
  • Backwash (physical phenomenon)
    Backwash (physical phenomenon)
    In terms of water treatment, including water purification and sewage treatment, backwash refers to the reversal pumping of water, and sometimes intermittent with compressed air, through the process. The filters used in water treatment can be of many types, including rapid sand filters, pressure...

    , the backwards flow of air or water
  • Backwash ileitis, the involvement of the terminal part of the ileum
    Ileum
    The ileum is the final section of the small intestine in most higher vertebrates, including mammals, reptiles, and birds. In fish, the divisions of the small intestine are not as clear and the terms posterior intestine or distal intestine may be used instead of ileum.The ileum follows the duodenum...

     in ulcerative colitis
    Ulcerative colitis
    Ulcerative colitis is a form of inflammatory bowel disease . Ulcerative colitis is a form of colitis, a disease of the colon , that includes characteristic ulcers, or open sores. The main symptom of active disease is usually constant diarrhea mixed with blood, of gradual onset...

     following the ascent of the condition from the rectum
  • Backwash, the process of thoroughly cleaning a pool filter pump by reversing the flow of water through it with the dirt and rinse water going to waste
  • "Backwash" (The Wire), a 2003 episode of the HBO television series The Wire
  • Backwash (album)
    Backwash (album)
    Backwash is a retrospective compilation of music by the group Talulah Gosh.-The album:Released on LP and CD by K Records in 1996 , it contains all of their single and radio session tracks, plus live versions of two songs of which no studio recordings exist and a flexi-disc track...

    , a retrospective compilation by the group Talulah Gosh
  • Backwash, a 2010 web series starring Joshua Malina, Michael Ian Black, and Michael Panes and featuring many celebrity cameos, distributed via Sony's Crackle
    Crackle
    Crackle is a digital network and studio, featuring commercially supported streaming video content in Flash Video format. It is owned by Sony Pictures Entertainment, and its content consists primarily of Sony's library of films and television shows...

  • The liquid that flows back into a drinking glass from one's mouth.
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