Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Characterized by or pertaining to regurgitation.
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Examples
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Student from Tempe wins with 'regurgitant' by Connie Cone Sexton - Mar. 28, 2010 12: 00 AM
azcentral.com | news Connie Cone Sexton 2010
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She out-spelled 26 other contestants by spelling "regurgitant" in the 19th round.
azcentral.com | news Kerry Fehr-Snyder 2010
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Womb-regurgitant idiot being his favorite, it seems.
Archive 2007-03-01 Blue Tyson 2007
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As to what the baby hummers eat – what I saw watching the nest was that momma bird fed them from her beak – regurgitant food was my interpretation, and I assume she was feeding on nectar.
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An old mitral regurgitant murmur is useful for this purpose.
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I did so, and was shocked to hear a well-marked mitral regurgitant murmur.
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I did so, and was shocked to hear a well-marked mitral regurgitant murmur.
The Stark Munro Letters Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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When the valves of the right side are affected we may find a regurgitant pulsation in the jugular vein.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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Two cardiac murmurs were present, the one a sharp and well-defined mitral regurgitant sound, confirmed by the dyspnoea and dropsy as organic, the other a loud musical murmur of hæmic origin.
Fat and Blood An Essay on the Treatment of Certain Forms of Neurasthenia and Hysteria John K. [Editor] Mitchell 1871
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Also, specifically WRT cardiology - since I have friends who are cardiologists - I've heard stories of cardiologists hearing heart sounds that suggested valvular defects and ordering ultrasounds, which the insurance company subsequently refused to pay for because the regurgitant jet that was found was not of sufficient intensity to warrant intervention!
WBUR and NPR - On Point with Tom Ashbrook Sam Gale Rosen 2010
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