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-tā′shən /

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

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

Example Sentences

Later, when Trump tried to claim that undocumented immigrants in Ohio were eating residents’ pets—a typically odd Trumpian regurgitation of a baseless right-wing claim that’s taken the internet this week—Muir responded calmly and immediately: “I just want to clarify here, you bring up Springfield, Ohio. And ABC News did reach out to the city manager there. He told us there have been no credible reports of specific claims of pets being harmed, injured, or abused by individuals within the immigrant community.”

From Slate

That included the regurgitation of a 2013 New York Post story, after the tabloid somehow acquired a journal that RFK Jr. allegedly kept in 2001.

From Los Angeles Times

Past attempts to make the system give more human-like responses, beyond simple fact regurgitation or rudimentary stories, were largely rebuffed by ChatGPT.

From Los Angeles Times

UC Davis Health cardiology team members are among the first in the country to treat patients with tricuspid regurgitation, or a leaky heart valve, by using a groundbreaking catheter.

From Science Daily

Tricuspid regurgitation is a condition in which the tricuspid valve of the heart fails to close completely.

From Science Daily

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