regurgitation (redirected from valvular regurgitation)

re·gur·gi·tate  (r-gûrj-tt)

v. re·gur·gi·tat·ed, re·gur·gi·tat·ing, re·gur·gi·tates

v.intr.

To rush or surge back.

v.tr.

To cause to pour back, especially to cast up (partially digested food).

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[Medieval Latin regurgitre, regurgitt-, to overflow : Latin re-, re- + Late Latin gurgitre, to engulf, flood (from Latin gurges, gurgit-, whirlpool).]

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re·gurgi·tant (-tnt) adj.

re·gurgi·tation n.

re·gurgi·ta·tive adj.

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regurgitation  (r-gûrj-tshn)

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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	regurgitation - backflow of blood through a defective heart valve backflow, backflowing - a flow that returns toward its source
	2.	regurgitation - recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation" recollection, reminiscence, recall - the process of remembering (especially the process of recovering information by mental effort); "he has total recall of the episode"
	3.	regurgitation - the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth disgorgement, emesis, puking, vomiting, vomit ejection, forcing out, expulsion, projection - the act of expelling or projecting or ejecting rumination - regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding haematemesis, hematemesis - vomiting blood hyperemesis - severe and excessive vomiting inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, reflex, reflex action, reflex response, unconditioned reflex - an automatic instinctive unlearned reaction to a stimulus