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recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation"

recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation"

the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body.

The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.

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.

The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.

The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance

1. A backward flow, as of blood through an incompetent valve of the heart. 2. The return of gas or small amounts of food from the stomach.

Abnormal backward expulsion of the contents or secretions of a part.

The act of pouring back; reabsorption.

The act of flowing or pouring back by the same orifice or place of entrance; the act of swallowing again; the natural and easy vomiting of food by infants.

The act by which a canal or reservoir throws back substances accumulated in it. Mitral regurgitation, for example, means the reflux of blood through the left auriculo-ventricular opening, during the contraction of the left ventricle. Regurgitation is also applied to the purking or possetting of infants; and to the rising of solids or fluids into the mouth in the adult, - from re, and gorge, (gurges), 'the throat.' (F.) Rapport. What is called "vomiting at pleasure" is regurgitation. The substances brought into the mouth by regurgitation, the French call Renvois.

A flowing backward of the blood.

The casting up of undigested food.

A flowing backward or reflux, as of blood in cases of incompetent heart valves, or of food or liquid that has been swallowed.

n. Act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance;- the act of swallowing again.