regurgitation
pronunciation
How to pronounce regurgitation in British English:
UK [rɪˌɡɜ:dʒɪ'teɪʃn]
How to pronounce regurgitation in American English:
US [rɪˌɡɜdʒɪ'teɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- backflow of blood through a defective heart valve
- recall after rote memorization
- the reflex act of ejecting the contents of the stomach through the mouth
Word Origin
- regurgitation (n.)
- c. 1600, from Medieval Latin regurgitationem (nominative regurgitatio), noun of action from past participle stem of regurgitare "to overflow," from re- "back" (see re-) + Late Latin gurgitare "engulf, flood" (found in Latin ingurgitare "to pour in"), from gurges "whirlpool, gorge, abyss" (see gurges).
Example
- 1. Insights into a compensatory mechanism for functional mitral regurgitation .
- 2. The pharyngolaryngitis is at night esophagus throat regurgitation result .
- 3. The pathogeny analysis to 762 cardiac valve regurgitation cases .
- 4. Aortic valve insufficiency , mitral regurgitation 2 .
- 5. Objectives to analyse pathogeny of aortic regurgitation treated with operation .