regurgitant (regerjitant)

[ The diseases of the valves and orifices of the heart which produce mechanical disorders of the circulation are of two kinds, obstructive and regurgitant . Quain, Med. Dict., p. 623. OF. regurgiter , F. ré Regurgitant cardiac murmurs. See murmur. regurgitate (re-gėr'ji-tāt), v.; pret. and pp. re gurgitated, ppr. regurgitating. [ It. regur git are = Sp. Pg. regurgitar = gurgiter ), regurgitate, For a mammal, having its grinding apparatus in its mouth, to gain by the habit of hurriedly swallowing unmasticated food, it must also have the habit of regur git at ing the food for subsequent mastication. H. Spencer, Prin. of Biol., § 297. II. in trans . To be poured back; surge or rush back. Many valves, all so situate as to give a free pa age to the blood and other humours in their due channels, but not permit them to regurgitate and disturb the great circulation. Bentley . Nature was wont to evacuate its vicious blood out of these veins, which pa age being stopt, it regurgitates upwards to the lungs. Harvey. regurgitation (re-ger-ji-tā'shon), n. [= F. régurgitation = Sp. regur git a cion = Pg. regurgi tação , regurgitatio ( n- ) , regur git are , regurgitate: see regurgitate .] 1. The act of re regurgitation gurgitating or pouring back.-2. The act of swallowing again; reabsorption. In the lowest creatures, the distribution of crude nutriment is by slow gurgitations and regurgitations . II . Spencer , Universal Progre , p. 417. 3. In med.: ( a ) The puking or po eting of infants. (b) The rising of solids or fluids into the mouth in the adult. (c) Specifically, the reflux through incompetent heart-valves: as, aortic regurgitation (reflux through leaking aortic valves). reh (rā), n. [Hind.] A saline efflorescence rising to the surface and covering various extensive tracts of land in the Indo-Gangetic alluvial plain, rendering the soil worthle for cul tivation. It consists chiefly of sodium sulphate mixed with more or le common salt (sodium chlorid) and sodium carbonate. It is known in the Northwest Provinces of India as reh , and further west, in the Upper Punjab, as kalar or kullar . Those who have travelled through Northern India cannot fail to have noticed whole districts of land as white as if covered with snow, and entirely destitute of vegetation. This desolation is caused by reh , which is a white flocculent efflorescence, formed of highly soluble sodium salts, which are found in almost every soil. Where the subsoil water-level is sufficiently near the surface, the strong evaporating force of the sun's heat, aided by capillary attraction, draws to the surface of the ground the water holding these salts in solution, and these compel the water, which pa es off in the form of vapour, to leave behind the salts it held as a white efflorescence. A. G. F. Eliot James , Indian Industries, p. 195. rehabilitate (re-ha-bil'i-tāt), v. t. [ habilitatus , pp. of rehab i lit are (> It. riabilitare = Sp. Pg. rehabilitar = OF. rehab i liter , F. ré habiliter ), restore, 〈 re-, again, + habilitare, habilitate: see habilitate.] 1. To restore to a former capacity or standing; reinstate; qualify again; restore, as a delinquent, to a former right, rank, or privilege lost or forfeited: a term drawn from the civil and canon law. He is rehabilitated , his honour is restored, all his attainders are purged! Burke , A Regicide Peace, iv. A ured The justice of the court would presently Confirm her in her rights and exculpate, Re-integrate, and rehabilitate . Browning , Ring and Book, II. 327. 2. To reëstablish in the esteem of others or in social position lost by disgrace; restore to public respect: as, there is now a tendency to rehabilitate notorious historical personages; Lady Blank was rehabilitated by the influence of her family at court.