Dictionary entry

Regurgitation

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Re‐gur′gi‐ta″tion (–t?″sh?n), n. [Cf. F. régurgitation.] 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.

2. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption.