regurgitation
11regurgitation — /ri gerr ji tay sheuhn/, n. 1. the act of regurgitating. 2. voluntary or involuntary return of partly digested food from the stomach to the mouth. 3. Pathol. the reflux of blood through defective heart valves. [1595 1605; < ML regurgitation (s.… …
12Regurgitation — A backward flowing. For example, of food. Or the sloshing of blood back into the heart (or between chambers of the heart) when a heart valve is incompetent and does not close effectively. * * * 1. A backward flow, as of blood through an… …
13Regurgitation — Rückströmen (z. B. des Blutes) * * * Regurgitation [zu lateinisch gurges, gurgitis »Strudel«, »Flut«] die, / en, 1) Biologie: bei manchen Tieren das Hochwürgen von flüssiger Nahrung aus dem Kropf zur Weitergabe an Artgenossen, an die… …
14regurgitation — regurgitate ► VERB 1) bring (swallowed food) up again to the mouth. 2) repeat (information) without analysing or understanding it. DERIVATIVES regurgitation noun. ORIGIN Latin regurgitare, from gurges whirlpool …
15regurgitation — noun 1. backflow of blood through a defective heart valve • Derivationally related forms: ↑regurgitate • Hypernyms: ↑backflow, ↑backflowing 2. recall after rote memorization he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation …
16Regurgitation (circulation) — Regurgitation is blood flow in the opposite direction from normal, as the backward flowing of blood into the heart or between heart chambers. Can be categorized by:# aortic: the backflow of blood from the aorta into the left ventricle, owing to… …
17Regurgitation (digestion) — Regurgitation is the controlled flow of stomach contents back into the esophagus and mouth.Regurgitation is used by a number of species to feed their young. This is typically in circumstances where the young is at a fixed location and a parent… …
18regurgitation — noun Date: 1601 an act of regurgitating: as a. the casting up of incompletely digested food (as by some birds in feeding their young) b. the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve …
19regurgitation — noun The act of regurgitating …
20regurgitation — Synonyms and related words: Charybdis, Maelstrom, back stream, backflow, backwash, backwater, barf, countercurrent, counterflow, counterflux, disgorgement, doubling, duplication, echo, eddy, egesta, egestion, gagging, gulf, gurge, heaves, heaving …
