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The voiding of gas or of a small quantity of acid fluid from the stomach through the mouth. SYN: belching, ructus. [L. eructo, pp. -atus, to belch]
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eruc·ta·tion i-.rək-'tā-shən, .ē- n an act or instance of belching
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n.
belching: the sudden raising of gas from the stomach.
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eruc·ta·tion (ə-rək-taґshən) [L. eructatio] the casting up of wind from the stomach through the mouth. Called also belching.Medical dictionary. 2011.