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regurgitation

[ ri-gur-ji-tey-shuhn ]

noun

  1. the act of regurgitating.
  2. voluntary or involuntary return of partly digested food from the stomach to the mouth.
  3. Pathology. the reflux of blood through defective heart valves.


regurgitation

/ rē-gûr′jĭ-tāshən /

  1. The return of partially digested food from the stomach to the mouth.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of regurgitation1

First recorded in 1595–1605, regurgitation is from the Medieval Latin word regurgitātiōn- (stem of regurgitātiō ). See regurgitate, -ion

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Example Sentences

The party’s efforts at normalizing its image, successfully boosted by the regurgitation of far right themes, such as “the great replacement,” is certainly one reason for this shift.

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Scientists now have the first fossilized evidence that pterosaur dining included a final course of regurgitation, scientifically called antiperistalsis.

So, I couldn’t agree more about regurgitation versus thinking.

There does seem to be a lot of regurgitation on Broadway these days.

He does, and suddenly explodes, causing all of the remaining people dining to join in on the regurgitation.

From the Drymarchon I forced the regurgitation of a recently ingested Bothrops nummifer nummifer having a total length of 953 mm.

Even at the tender age that must be reckoned by minutes, these young birds were fed, seemingly, by regurgitation.

The young are fed by regurgitation upon an oily fluid which has a very offensive odor.

I can't help suspecting, that there is, or may be, some regurgitation from the bath into the cistern of the pump.

Buster Jack had suffered a regurgitation of the old driving and insatiate temper, and there was gloom in the house of Belllounds.

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