1 Caffeine's not your friend if you have acid reflux. 2  Caffeine seems to be the main culprit by relaxing the sphincter muscle that normally keeps stomach acid from bubbling up the esophagus. 3  Decaf coffee has significantly less of a reflux effect, studies have found.
meniscus noun [ C ] (BODY PART) âº anatomy a curved piece of cartilage inside a joint (= place where two bones are connected) of the body such as the knee. âº physics on a liquid, a surface that curves either out or in as a result of surface tension.
Over the past few years a lot of research has focused on the healing potential of certain tears we once thought would not heal. We know that the peripheral 1/3 of a meniscus has a blood supply adequate enough to bring healing nutrients to the area of the tear. Therefore, it was always assumed that only tears within the outer 1/3 of a meniscus would heal once they were sutured or stitched back together.