regurgitation

noun

re·gur·gi·ta·tion (ˌ)rē-ˌgər-jə-ˈtā-shən

: an act of regurgitating: such as

: the casting up of incompletely digested food (as by some birds in feeding their young)

: the backward flow of blood through a defective heart valve

Examples of regurgitation in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The condition occurs when esophageal muscles have trouble contracting, causing issues with swallowing and regurgitation. —

Rachel S. Hunt, Washington Post, 6 July 2024 Longoria and all of the actors surrounding her are sound, but the show is primarily a stale, melodramatic regurgitation of hundreds of movies and TV shows audiences have already encountered. —

Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 June 2024 Share [Findings] Vampire bats who are strangers will groom one another before sharing blood via regurgitation. —

Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harper's Magazine, 19 June 2024 Former James Cook University PhD student Nicolas Lubitz and his team saw the chance regurgitation during a tagging trip in May 2022 and the discovery is believed to be a world-first. —

Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 6 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for regurgitation

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