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rumination [‚rü·mə′nā·shən]

(medicine)

Voluntary regurgitation of food from the stomach, followed by remastication and swallowing in emotionally or mentally disturbed persons. Also known as merycism.

(physiology)

Regurgitation and remastication of food in preparation for true digestion in ruminants.

(psychology)

An obsessional preoccupation with a single idea or system of ideas.

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