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Definition of Eructation
1. Noun. (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed).
Category relationships: Vent, Volcano
Generic synonyms: Action, Activeness, Activity
Derivative terms: Eruct, Erupt, Extravasate, Extravasate
2. Noun. A reflex that expels gas noisily from the stomach through the mouth.
Generic synonyms: Ejection, Expulsion, Forcing Out, Projection, Inborn Reflex, Innate Reflex, Instinctive Reflex, Physiological Reaction, Reflex, Reflex Action, Reflex Response, Unconditioned Reflex
Derivative terms: Belch, Burp, Eruct
Definition of Eructation
1. n. The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.
Definition of Eructation
1. Noun. The act of belching, of expelling gas from the stomach through the mouth. ¹
2. Noun. An erumpent blast of gas, wind, or other matter ejected from earthy depths. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Eructation
1. [n -S]
Medical Definition of Eructation
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Eructation
Literary usage of Eructation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Human Physiology by Robley Dunglison (1841)
"eructation. eructation or belching is the escape of gas from the stomach. ...
The mode, in which it takes place, is analogous to that of eructation. ..."
2. Lectures on the diseases of the stomach: With an Introduction on Its Anatomy by William Brinton (1865)
"Indeed, those contractions of the stomach which are necessarily present when the
act of eructation occurs during gastric digestion, appear quite sufficient ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1869)
"Case of Thoracic Aneurism ; with some remarks upon continued and obstinate
eructation as a Symptom of the Disease.—Dr. WALTER F. ATLEE communicated the ..."
4. The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica: A Record of the Positive Effects of by Timothy Field Allen (1879)
"Very severe eructation and inclination to vomit (immediately after ... After breakfast
occasional eructation (one hundred and thirtieth day),451". ..."
5. The Physiological Anatomy and Physiology of Man by Robert Bentley Todd, William Bowman (1857)
"eructation and Vomiting.—As there can be no doubt that the movements of the stomach
... This is eructation—it seems due solely to the presence of a large ..."
6. A Text-book of the practice of medicine by Hobart Amory Hare (1907)
"In other cases the movements of eructation are performed without any gas being
brought up. ... Closely related to nervous eructation is nervous vomiting. ..."
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