Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The act of regurgitating or pouring back.
- n. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
- n. In medicine: The puking or posseting of infants.
- n. The rising of solids or fluids into the mouth in the adult.
- n. Specifically, the reflux through incompetent heart-valves: as, aortic regurgitation (reflux through leaking aortic valves).
Wiktionary
- n. The act of regurgitating.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Med.) The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance. the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body.
- n. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.
WordNet 3.0
- n. the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
- n. backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
- n. recall after rote memorization
Examples
“Doctors will monitor the patient with regular checkups, and might even prescribe some medications if the regurgitation is moderate or severe.”
“If the regurgitation is trivial or mild, treatment is usually not necessary.”
“Trivial pulmonary regurgitation is actually exceedingly common.”
“I am aware all this hateful regurgitation is politically motivated, and is sadly being used for American-bashing, but I also think that Sunshine’s release date issue is most likely to do with marketing.”
“Aortic regurgitation occurs when the valve doesn't completely close and allows some blood to leak back into the heart.”
“Pulmonary regurgitation occurs when the valve doesn't completely close and allows some blood to leak back into the heart.”
“Tricuspid valve regurgitation occurs when the valve does not close completely and blood leaks back into the right atrium of the heart.”
“It's not so much the same as copyright infringement because of the fact that it's not a word-for-word regurgitation; instead, content is made to look original by making a few edits and calling it a day.”
“The result is a backflow of blood called regurgitation, from the pumping section of the heart (the ventricle) back into the atrium.”
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Eating Verbs
boil, break bread, breakfast, chew, chomp, chow down, consume, cram, devour, diet, digest, dig in and 48 more...
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Unpleasant Words For Unpleasant Things
smegma, vomit, pus, purulent, abscess, carbuncle, fester, faeces, pustule, turd, regurgitation, dyspraxia and 22 more...
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discharge, moist, coax, chastity, buggery, onomatopoeia, mushy, idyllic, pus, thwarted, smear, pithy and 19 more...
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