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The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of chewing the cud.
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The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, -- occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.
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The regurgitation of undigested food and chewing it a second time, after which it is again swallowed.
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The process in ruminants where a cud or bolus of rumen contents is regurgitated, remasticated and reswallowed for further digestion.
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the process of digestion of ruminants, whereby the animal swallows food quickly, and then regurgitates and chews it more thoroughly at a later time until digestion is completed (Morris 1992).
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The apparently voluntary regurgitation, chewing, and reswallowing of food.
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(of ruminants) chewing (the cud); "ruminants have remarkable powers of rumination"
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regurgitation of small amounts of food; seen in some infants after feeding
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Voluntary regurgitation, chewing, and re-swallowing of food.
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The process of regurgitating food to be rechewed.
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Rumination is an eating disorder characterized by having the contents of the stomach drawn back up into the mouth, chewed for a second time, and swallowed again.
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