Eructation of food; regurgitation. Obsolete.

Chiefly Medicine. The action of flowing back; reflux; an instance of this. Also figurative and in figurative contexts.

Medicine. Flow of a fluid through a tubular structure, valve, or opening of the body in a direction opposite to that regarded as normal. In early…

reflux or regurgitation of gastric contents, heartburn (now rare); (in later use also) excessive saliva in the mouth (as a response to such reflux).

Heartburn, esp. (in early use) when accompanied by reflux of gastric fluid into the mouth.

Medicine. A medical condition in which food is regurgitated after a short period in the stomach, and is then either swallowed again (with or…

An eruption of fluid. water-brash: an eructation or belching of water (acid, bitter, etc.) from the stomach, pyrosis.

A medical condition in which food is regurgitated after a short period in the stomach, and is then either swallowed again (with or without…