eructation

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They will take eructation which will digest the food and there will be perfumed sweating for the digestion of water.

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  1. noun The act or an instance of belching.

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  • They will take eructation which will digest the food and there will be perfumed sweating for the digestion of water. —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
  • As for that maledictory eructation about your "feelings" toward the end of the piece: I should remind you that ladies, and children, read this paper too. —  Gypsy Scholar
  • This same result may follow when a sheep is choking, as the obstruction in the gullet prevents the eructation or passing of gas from the stomach so that the gas continues to accumulate until severe bloating results SYMPTOMS: The swelling of the left flank is very characteristic, as in well marked cases the flank at its upper part rises above the level of the backbone and when struck with the tips of the fingers emits a drum-like sound. —  The Veterinarian
  • Heartburn; a burning sensation in the gullet and stomach with sour eructation, due to acid dyspepsia Rectum (rek'tum). —  Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada
  • For this reason the philosophers among them did in their schools deliver to their pupils all their doctrines and opinions by eructation, wherein they had acquired a wonderful eloquence, and of incredible variety. —  A Tale of a Tub
 

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  1. = French éructation = Provencal eructatio = Spanish eructacion = Portuguese eructação = Italian eruttazione, from Late Latin eructatio(n-), from Latin eructare, belch: see eruct.
 

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/irəkˈteɪʃən/
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