Category:Rumination

Ru`mi*na"tion, n. Etym: [l. ruminatio: cf. F. rumination.]

1. The act or process of ruminating, or chewing the cud; the habit of Chewing the cud. Rumination is given to animals to enable them at once to lay up a Great store of food, and afterward to chew it. Arbuthnot.

2. The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate Meditation or reflection. Retiring full of rumination sad. Thomson.

3. (physiol.)

Defn: the regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been Swallowed, -- occasionally oberved as a morbid phenomenon in man.