REGURGITATION

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 17

n. Re-guBrj-ia-ta's hu8n. From re-, again, and gurgitare, to ingulf. Fr., renvoi. Ger.. R. A flowing backward or reflux, as of blood in incompetent heart valves, or of food or liquid that has been swallowed, [a. 34.] Aortic r. R. of the A, ape; A2, at; A>, ah; A4, all; Ch, chin; Ch'. loch 'Scottish*: [s. 388]