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eructation

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a reflex that expels wind noisily from the stomach through the mouth
  2. [n]  (of volcanos) pouring out fumes or lava (or a deposit so formed)
 
 Synonyms: belch, belching, burp, burping, eruption, extravasation
 
 See Also: action, activeness, activity, ejection, expulsion, forcing out, inborn reflex, innate reflex, instinctive reflex, physiological reaction, projection, reflex, unconditioned reflex

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Er`uc*ta"tion\, n. [L. eructatio: cf. F.
['e]ructation.]
1. The act of belching wind from the stomach; a belch.

2. A violent belching out or emitting, as of gaseous or other
   matter from the crater of a volcano, geyser, etc.
 
Medical Dictionary
 
 Definition: belching.
 



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