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Acidi ructus, cruditates, aestus in praecordiis, flatus, interdum ventriculi dolores vehementes, sumptoque cibo concoctu difficili, sputum humidum idque multum sequetur, &c.Hip. lib. de mel.
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Oculi his excavantur, venti gignuntur circum praecordia et acidi ructus, sicci fere ventres, vertigo, tinnitus aurium, somni pusilli, somnia terribilia et interrupta.
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Circa praecordia de assidua in flatione queruntur, et cum sudore totius corporis importuno, frigidos articulos saepe patiuntur, indigestione laborant, ructus suos insuaves perhorrescunt, viscerum dolores habent.
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[Footnote 17: _a bria_ (Hildebrand).] [Footnote 18: _rictum diductum_ (Jahn).] [Footnote 19: _ructus popinam_ (Pricaeus).] 60.
The Apologia and Florida of Apuleius of Madaura Lucius Apuleius 1914
biocon commented on the word ructus
ructus = The voiding of gas or of a small quantity of acidic fluid from the stomach through the mouth (Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 9th ed.
February 10, 2019