Definition of Merycism

1. rumination, a disease symptom in man [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Merycism

mersion
mersions
mersnake
mersnakes
merswine
merulidan
merulioid
mervaille
mervailles
merwife
merwinite
merwoman
merwomen
merworld
mery
merycism (current term)
merycisms
mes
mes-
mesa
mesaconate
mesaconates
mesaconic
mesaconic acid
mesad
mesail
mesails
mesal
mesalamine
mesalliance

Literary usage of Merycism

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Diseases of the Stomach by William Ward Van Valzah, James Douglas Nisbet (1898)
"RUMINATION, OR merycism. Rumination is a motor disorder of the stomach characterized by the easy, quiet, effortless, sometimes voluntary, ..."

2. Medical Record by George Frederick Shrady, Thomas Lathrop Stedman (1897)
"The frequency with which merycism is seen among the insane, and the fact that ... merycism takes place usually on an average of fifteen minutes after a full ..."

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