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eructation /eruc·ta·tion/ (e?ruk-ta´shun) belching; casting up wind from the stomach through the mouth.
eructation (i·r n belching; the release of air drawn from the stomach and expelled with a distinctive sound through the mouth. eructation the oral ejection of gas or air from the stomach; belching. A normal activity for ruminants who void gases, principally methane, produced by fermentation in the rumen. Interference with eructation in those species causes ruminal tympany or bloat (1). |
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Some of it gels squeezed back out of your mouth, causing eructation (ih-rehk-TAY-shun), a fancy word for burping. The patient complained of aerophagia and excessive eructation. A truly disgusting, stomach-turning nuclear belch has remained elusive to all but the eructation elite who know how to swallow air - until now. |
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