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Regurgitation
(ree-GUR-juh-TAY-shun)
See Reflux.
Backward flow of gastric juice, gas, or small amounts of food from the stomach to the mouth
A backward flowing. For example, of food. Or the sloshing of blood back into the heart (or between chambers of the heart) when a heart valve is incompetant and does not close effectively.
Sloshing of blood back down from the aorta into the left ventricle due to incompetancy of the aortic valve.
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