'Regurgitation' definitions:
Definition of 'regurgitation'
From: WordNet
noun
Backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
noun
Recall after rote memorization; "he complained that school was just memorization and regurgitation"
noun
The reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth [syn: vomit, vomiting, emesis, regurgitation, disgorgement, puking]
Definition of 'Regurgitation'
From: GCIDE
- Regurgitation \Re*gur`gi*ta"tion\ (-t?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. r['e]gurgitation.]
- 1. The act of flowing or pouring back by the orifice of entrance; specifically (Med.), the reversal of the natural direction in which the current or contents flow through a tube or cavity of the body. --Quain. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'regurgitation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- back stream,
- backflow,
- backwash,
- backwater,
- barf,
- Charybdis,
- countercurrent,
- counterflow,
- counterflux,
- disgorgement,
- doubling,
- duplication,
- echo,
- eddy,
- egesta,
- egestion,
- gagging,
- gulf,
- gurge,
- heaves,
- heaving,
- imitation,
- Maelstrom,
- maelstrom,
- nausea,
- plagiarism,
- puke,
- quotation,
- reappearance,
- rebirth,
- recurrence,
- redoubling,
- reduplication,
- reecho,
- refluence,
- reflux,
- reincarnation,
- renewal,
- reoccurrence,
- repetition,
- reproduction,
- resumption,
- return,
- spew,
- swirl,
- twirl,
- vomit,
- vomiting,
- vomition,
- vortex,
- whirl,
- whirlpool