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Rumination   Listen
noun
Rumination  n.  
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."
2.
The state of being disposed to ruminate or ponder; deliberate meditation or reflection. "Retiring full of rumination sad."
3.
(Physiol.) The regurgitation of food from the stomach after it has been swallowed, occasionally observed as a morbid phenomenon in man.





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Words linked to "Rumination" :   cogitation, chewing, ruminate, consideration, emesis, speculation, thoughtfulness, contemplation, retrospect, disgorgement, puking, mastication, vomit, reflexion, musing, self-examination, study, self-contemplation, meditation, regurgitation, chew


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